Serenity Kit A thoughtfully curated kit for youth-supporting professionals to promote self-care, healing, and a sense of safety Get yours Thrivology News About Us Ask Us Stay Inspired An experience for the senses Within every Serenity Kit is an experience … Read More
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Thrivopolis
Thrivopolis A game and discussion where players navigate a social safety net in the not-so-distant future Join the fun! Thrivology News About Us Ask Us Stay Inspired In the wake of the Great Unraveling in the not-so-distant future, a brave … Read More
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Serenity Collection
Serenity Collection Helping youth-supporting professionals create the time and space for self-care and healing Explore Thrivology News About Us Ask Us Stay Inspired Experience the Serenity Collection As youth-supporting professionals, you dedicate a lot of time and energy caring for … Read More
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Serenity Room
Serenity Room a research-backed, sensory experience for you to explore, relax, and find your inner serenity Welcome Guide Thrivology News About Us Ask Us Stay Inspired Nurture your well-being We invite you to experience the Serenity Room at the Teen … Read More
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Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program’s Adolescent Sexual Health Innovation Hubs Showcase
Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program’s Adolescent Sexual Health Innovation Hubs Showcase April 2024 We’re thrilled to unveil Healthy Teen Network’s Innovation Incubator Hub, In/Tend—funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Population Affairs. We are one of six organizations … Read More
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In/Tend
Featured Project In/Tend In/Tend is a vibrant ecosystem of dreamers, doers, and change-makers who push the boundaries of imagination to develop innovative approaches to adolescent health. Where We Started In/Tend is grounded and nourished by the wealth of information and … Read More
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Strategies to Develop an LGBTQIA+-Inclusive Adolescent Sexual Health Program Evaluation
Strategies to Develop an LGBTQIA+-Inclusive Adolescent Sexual Health Program Evaluation March 2024 Adolescent sexual health interventions are increasingly incorporating content that is inclusive of LGBTQIA+ youth (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, intersex, asexual, and other marginalized sexualities and genders). Evaluations of … Read More
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What’s Real?
What’s Real? 2023 For parents and caregivers, the safety of our children remains a priority. Competing information about immunizations, especially online, makes it harder for us to make decisions. Healthcare providers can help answer our questions, and routine immunizations can … Read More
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Vaccinated Children, Stronger Communities
Vaccinated Children, Stronger Communities 2023 When our children are up to date with their immunizations, other children and families are protected too. Let’s build stronger communities by ensuring that our children are vaccinated. Visit the Baltimore City Health Department’s Immunization … Read More
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Navigating Health Misinformation in the Digital Age
Navigating Health Misinformation in the Digital Age 2023 We know that not everything on the Internet should be trusted. But how do we determine if digital content is credible? Learn a few tips on how to verify health information online … Read More
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Updated Findings from the HHS Teen Pregnancy Prevention Evidence Review: October 2016-May 2022
Updated Findings from the HHS Teen Pregnancy Prevention Evidence Review: October 2016 Through June 2022 June 2023 This brief summarizes the findings from a recent update to an ongoing systematic review of research on teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted infection … Read More
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Pulse: A Web-Based, Teen Pregnancy Prevention Mobile App Intervention
Pulse: A Web-Based, Teen Pregnancy Prevention Mobile App Intervention October 2021 The Office of Population Affairs (OPA) funded the development and rigorous evaluation of the Pulse program to determine if it is an effective approach for improving contraceptive knowledge and … Read More
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Short-Term Impacts of Pulse: An App-Based Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program for Black and Latinx Women
Short-Term Impacts of Pulse: An App-Based Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program for Black and Latinx Women Jennifer Manlove, PhD; Eizabeth Cook, MSPH; Brooke Whitfield; Makedah Johnson; Genevieve Martínez-García, PhD; and Milagros Garrido, MS November 2019 Purpose Black and Latinx women aged … Read More
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Lessons Learned from Replicating a Randomized Control Trial Evaluation of an App-Based Sexual Health Program
Lessons Learned from Replicating a Randomized Control Trial Evaluation of an App-Based Sexual Health Program Jennifer Manlove, PhD; Brooke Whitfield; Jane Finocharo; and Elizabeth Cook, MSPH International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health March 2021 Purpose This study presents … Read More
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Real Talk Evaluation
Featured Project Real Talk Evaluation Real Talk modernizes sex education by capitalizing on youths’ desire to engage in peer sharing. Where We Started Real Talk modernizes sex education by capitalizing on youths’ desire to engage in peer sharing. Real Talk was … 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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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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Wingman
Wingman Suggestive Keyboard Coming Soon! Wingman Suggestive Keyboard is an alternative keyboard for your phone that uses machine learning to help you tackle sexual conversations with ease. The user sets their texting intensity, and Wingman will suggest words aligned with that … Read More
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Selling Sexual Health
Selling Sexual Health: Comparing Two Pilot Recruitment Internet Ad Campaigns for Latinx Individuals 2019 Social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter offer the opportunity to reach large numbers of youth. However, program managers’ success in effectively recruiting youth is mixed. … Read More
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Recruiting? Facebook can help
Hidden in Plain Sight: Minor Sex Trafficking in Maryland 2018 Here, 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 poster presentation … Read More
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HPV: Not Too Late
HPV: Not Too Late 2018 So, 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 … Read More
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Likes, Tweets, and Hashtags: Harnessing the Power of Social Media for Recruitment
Likes, Tweets, & Hashtags: Harnessing the Power of Social Media for Study Recruitment 2017 Social media and internet advertising continue to prove promising frontiers for the recruitment and engagement of participants for programs, studies, and campaigns. While Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, … Read More