Hidden in Plain Sight: Minor Sex Trafficking in Maryland2017What is sex trafficking? What are some signs sex trafficking is happening? What should you do if you see sex trafficking? Through Healthy Teen Network’s partnership with the University of Maryland School of...
Sex Education and Abusive Relationships: What You Need to KnowU Choose to Know Digest, 2018When you teach sex education (and maybe even when you teach other topics), the subject of abuse within relationships is likely to come up. Abuse is also sometimes called...
Best Practices in Sexuality EducationU Choose to Know Digest, 2018Check out this U Choose to Know tip sheet for some best practices for teaching sex education and some resources that may help you if you get stuck on a student's question. Contributing...
Fidelity is a Delicious PieU Choose to Know Digest, 2018Consider this: fidelity is like a delicious pie. Say your favorite pie is your grandmother’s special apple pie. Her recipe uses frozen pie crust, Gala apples, and brown sugar. You decide to make it one day, but...
Hidden in Plain Sight: Labor Trafficking in Maryland2017What is labor trafficking? What are some signs labor trafficking is happening? What should you do if you see labor trafficking? Through Healthy Teen Network’s partnership with the University of Maryland School of...
Recruiting? Facebook can help: Using social media to recruit participants2018Here, we use and infographic show lessons learned from using social media channels to recruit participants into research studies and programs. This resource was originally designed for our...
Supporting Young Parents to Reach for the Stars!U Choose to Know Digest, 2018It can be hard keeping up with schoolwork, and even harder when pregnant and/or parenting. While it is true that only about 50% of young mothers graduate from high school (as opposed to 89%...
HPV: Not Too Late2018So, HPV (Human Papillomavirus)…It’s sexually transmitted, through all types of sex, it increases your risk of a whole bunch of HPV-related cancers, and it makes it more likely that you’ll contract genital warts…and overall, it’s just another thing...
Equipping Youth to Succeed: Power Through Choices 2018Power Through Choices is the only sexual health program designed with and for youth in foster care and other out-of-home care. And it’s proven effective. We created this infographic (originally designed for a...
Working with Youth Who Are Transgender and/or Gender Nonconforming U Choose to Know Digest, 2018Transgender youth don’t feel safe at school. They experience bullying based on their gender often and report that school personnel rarely intervene. Almost all transgender...
Send Shame Walking! Applying a Sex Positive Lens to Health Class Facilitation U Choose to Know Digest, 2018Sex positivity is the idea that all sex (as long as it’s healthy and consensual) is a good and normal thing. Sex positivity means teaching sex education without...
Being an Ally to Youth Who Identify as LGBTQ+U Choose to Know Digest, 2018Young people consume more media than ever before. The images they see and messages they receive impact not just how they view the world, but how they view themselves. The messages young people...
Unlocking the Secrets of Classroom Management2018What student behaviors do you find most challenging? What techniques can you use to respond to these behaviors? Explore essential classroom management techniques for the sex education classroom. Take a peek at a few...
Building Support for Sex Ed in Schools: Communications & Messaging Strategies2018What does (and doesn’t) motivate people to listen to your messages about the value of sex education? In this mini-course, practice building effective messages by working through...
Serving Everyone Providing Sexual & Reproductive Health Services to LGBTQ+ Youth2018With this module, learn how sexual and reproductive health providers can better treat LGBTQIA+ students with respect. You can meet two students that identify as LGBTQIA+ and learn...
Growing Up LGBTQ+ Online 2017When approaching topics such as adolescent sexuality, technology, and social media, it is sometimes tempting for adults, even sexuality educators, to focus solely on the Internet Age’s harmful and problematic byproducts for adolescent...
Know Your Audience2017This tip sheet gives ways to find common ground with stakeholders and elected officials. The goal is to have better communication and educate others on your cause. It's important to know your audience, so you can... Identify common ground with...
Navigating the Politics of Public Health: Finding Common Ground in Support of Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive HealthPresentation Available Online & In-PersonThis four-part webinar series is a companion piece to the issue brief, Finding Common Ground: An...
Finding Common Ground: An Overview on Key Conservative Principles to Support Shared Goals for Adolescent Sexual & Reproductive Health2017With a focus on shared goals, we can work together to improve outcomes for all young people. This issue brief is a tool for our...
Likes, Tweets, & Hashtags: Harnessing the Power of Social Media for Study Recruitment2017Social media and internet advertising continue to prove promising frontiers for the recruitment and engagement of participants for programs, studies, and campaigns. While...
Making Evidence-Based Sexual Health Education Work in Schools (MESHEWS)2017 Making Evidence-Based Sexual Health Education Work in Schools (MESHEWS) is a companion to the PSBA-GTO manual, building on the PSBA-GTO process to reflect the unique needs of education...
Celebrating Young Parents: How New Mexico and California Established a Day of Recognition2017Over the past several years, two states—New Mexico and California—have been working to affirm the value of young families and celebrate the ways they contribute to our...
Youth 360° In Action: Presentation2017How and where we live, learn, and play matters. We cannot expect to significantly impact health outcomes and address health disparities without considering these critical factors, or social determinants of health, that shape our...
Working with School Health Advisory Committees (SHACs)2016A school health advisory committee (SHAC) is any group that advises on school health. SHACs might go by other names, such as “school health teams” or “wellness councils.” Often based at the district level...
Answering Sensitive Questions Worksheet2016Use this worksheet to take notes while you participate in the Responding with Confidence online module, in The Teacher’s Guide to Sex Ed. Contributing StaffRelatedDiscover the magic of the Network.
Characteristics of Youth-Friendly Clinical Services2015Youth-friendly services are services that all adolescents are able to obtain, and these services, which include full contraceptive coverage to avoid unintended pregnancies and STIs, should meet youth’s...
Increasing Our Impact by Using a Social-Ecological Approach2015The social-ecological model is a theory-based framework for understanding, exploring, and addressing the social determinants of health at many levels. The social-ecological model encourages us to move...
Show Me the Money: Overview of the Guide to Developing a Winning Grant Proposal2015Healthy Teen Network has a record of success in securing grants and cooperative agreements, especially in the topical area of adolescent sexual and reproductive health and the service...
Show Me the Money: Guide to Developing a Winning Grant ProposalGuide & Webinar, 2015Are you gearing up to write a proposal? Get a headstart with Show Me the Money, a guide to walk you through how to put together a winning proposal. We designed this resource...
The Art of Verbal Storytelling 2015 This tip sheet illustrates how a good story flows naturally with a well-developed plot that takes the listener through an image-filled journey that leaves the listener with something to think about or remember; a call to action, an...
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