Serving Everyone: Providing Sexual & Reproductive Health Services to LGBTQ+ Youth 2018 With 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 … Read More
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Parenting in the Digital Age
Parenting in the Digital Age September 2024 As parents and caregivers, you want to be a source of help and support for your teens. We know your top priority is keeping your kids safe and providing a healthy environment where … Read More
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Providers in the Digital Age
Providers in the Digital Age September 2024 Now more than ever, young people have access to a myriad of health resources online—and not all of them are trustworthy. How can healthcare professionals ensure that young people are using the most … Read More
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Communication is Key: Sharing STI Test Results with Your Partner
Communication Is Key: Sharing STI Test Results with Your Partner 2022 HIV and STI testing should be a part of your routine—and, if you have a partner or partners, theirs too—so let’s talk about it! Having a Conversation about Getting … Read More
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From Mid to Stellar: Youth-Friendly Services in Your Health Clinic
From Mid to Stellar: Youth-Friendly Services in Your Health Clinic June 2023 Join Adolescent Health Initiative and True You Maryland, a program of the Maryland Department of Health, to discover ways you and your clinic can go from “mid” to … Read More
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Delivering Contraceptive Lessons
Delivering Contraceptive Lessons April 2023 Part 1: Tossing Out the BinaryWe know it can feel tricky (at first) to discuss avoiding pregnancy in a way that includes everyone and every gender in the room. However, research shows that inclusive classrooms … Read More
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Communication is Key: Having a Conversation About Getting Tested for STIs with Your Partner
Communication Is Key: Having a Conversation about Getting Tested for STIs with Your Partner 2022 HIV and STI testing should be a part of your routine—and, if you have a partner or partners, theirs too—so let’s talk about it! Having … Read More
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DC Next!
Featured Project DC Next! Centering young people as valued experts in identifying challenges to create innovative solutions. What It Is DC NEXT! is a collective impact innovation network of young parents, community providers, educational institutions, healthcare agencies, government partners, and … Read More
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Lessons Learned in Providing Health Care Services for Native Youth
Lessons Learned in Providing Health Care Services for Native Youth & Learning Walks 2014 The Native Youth Project (NYP) was a national learning collaborative facilitated by the National Network of Public Health Institutes (NNPHI), Healthy Teen Network, and the Centers … Read More
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Protecting Youth Access to Health Care
Protecting Youth Access to Health Care April 2022 Of all the reproductive health services—testing, treatment, supplies, procedures—which ones can a minor access without their parent/guardian’s permission? Get the answers during this 30-minute overview of Maryland’s Minor Access laws. This session … Read More
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Adolescent Sexual Health Equity During COVID-19
Adolescent Sexual Health Equity During COVID-19 June 2021 Join True You Maryland for this engaging and informative training hosted by Dr. Crystal Tyler, Executive Director of Ci3 at The University of Chicago. The goal of this training is to provide … Read More
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Implementation Evaluation of Pulse
Implementation Evaluation of Pulse: Findings from a Rigorous Evaluation of New or Innovative Approaches to Prevent Teen Pregnancy July 2021 This implementation report provides details on the recruitment procedures and implementation findings of an evaluation of Pulse, a web–based mobile health … Read More
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Pulse, an App in Action
Pulse, an App in Action: Preliminary Usage Results from a Randomized Control Trial 2019 Pulse is currently being tested via a two-armed randomized controlled trial with 1,500 young women. In 2019, we joined our project partners, Child Trends, at the #HealthyTeen19 … Read More
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Teen Access to Reproductive Healthcare in Maryland
Teen Access to Reproductive Healthcare in Maryland February 2021 This training will equip you with all of the pertinent information regarding Maryland State Laws and minors accessing sexual and reproductive healthcare including preventative health services, abortion care, and more. We … Read More
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Working with Patients Experiencing Human Trafficking
Working with Patients Experiencing Human Trafficking December 2019 Through Healthy Teen Network’s partnership with the University of Maryland School of Social Work’s Prevention of Adolescent Risk Initiative, this elearning unit is available to learn about sex and labor trafficking. This unit is focused … Read More
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Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs): Is Your Knowledge Up to Date?
Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs): Is Your Knowledge Up to Date? U Choose to Know Digest, 2020 When you teach about STIs, your students will usually have lots of questions, and it can be hard to keep up with evolving knowledge … Read More
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Eliminating Stigma from STIs and Testing
Eliminating Stigma from STIs and Testing U Choose to Know Digest, 2020 You probably already know how important it is to talk to your students about sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and ways to prevent them, and the data helps make … Read More
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HPV: By the Numbers (for parents)
HPV: By the Numbers (for parents) 2019 HPV…maybe you’ve heard about the kinds of cancers it causes, the 30,000+ people it affects every year, or that it’s sexually transmitted (through all types of sex), but you still aren’t sure about … Read More
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Characteristics of Youth-Friendly Clinical Services
Characteristics of Youth-Friendly Clinical Services 2015 Youth-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 expectations and needs and improve their … Read More
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Keep It Simple
Keep It Simple & No Te Compliques 2014 Growing up isn’t easy. Navigating your sexual health isn’t easy either. But there are some things we can make simpler, like making sure you know that you have the right to high-quality … Read More