Wish List for Creating Resources to Help Youth-Supporting Professionals Address Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive HealthNovember 2021Do you create or use resources that address adolescent sexual and reproductive health? Activate created a wish list of strategies for...
Sexual & Reproductive Health Resource Finder
Sexual & Reproductive Health Resource FinderNovember 2021From tool kits and trainings to fact sheets and reports, the Activate Sexual and Reproductive Health Resource Finder has something for every youth-supporting professional. The Activate resource finder was...
Understanding the Research on Condom Use & STIs Among Youth Involved In Systems or Experiencing Homelessness
Understanding the Research on Condom Use & STIs Among Youth Involved In Systems or Experiencing HomelessnessNovember 2021Do you work with youth involved with the child welfare and/or justice systems or youth experiencing homelessness and want to learn how to help...
7 Tips for Youth-Supporting Professionals for Talking with Youth About Sexual and Reproductive Health
7 Tips for Youth-Supporting Professionals for Talking withYouth About Sexual and Reproductive HealthNovember 2021Youth-supporting professionals can play a critical role in educating youth about sexual health. Through open, honest conversations with youth about sexual...
Developing a Learning Agenda to Address the Needs of Young Parents in Care
ReSHAPINGDeveloping a Learning Agenda to Address the Needs of Young Parents in Care Urban Institute, October 2021 Amy Dworsky Suggested Citation Catherine Kuhns, Amy Dworsky, and Audrey Richardson. 2021. "Developing a Learning Agenda to Address...
Early Pregnancy and Parenthood among Child Welfare-Involved Youth
ReSHAPINGEarly Pregnancy and Parenthood among Child Welfare-Involved Youth Oxford Bibliographies, October 2021 Bryn King Suggested Citation King, B., Goulden, A.*, & William, K.* (2021). Early pregnancy and parenthood among child welfare-involved...
Activate Collective
If your work touches the lives of young people, these resources are for you. Where We Started Child Trends, in partnership with Chapin Hall and Healthy Teen Network, develop and disseminate research-based practice resources for professionals who work with youth....
Child Welfare Workers’ Knowledge, Attitudes, and Communication About Sexual Health With Youth Involved in Child Welfare
ReSHAPINGChild Welfare Workers' Knowledge, Attitudes, and Communication About Sexual Health With Youth Involved in Child Welfare Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research, May 2021 Katie Massey Combs, PhD and Heather Taussig Suggested...
Bridging the Divide between Child Welfare and Home Visiting Systems to Address the Needs of Pregnant and Parenting Youth in Care
ReSHAPINGBridging the Divide between Child Welfare and Home Visiting Systems to Address the Needs of Pregnant and Parenting Youth in Care Social Service Review, March 2021 Amy Dworsky, Elissa R. Gitlow, and Kristen Ethier Suggested CitationDworsky, A., Gitlow,...
A Quasi-experimental Study on Training Child Welfare Workers on Youth Sexual Health
ReSHAPINGA Quasi-Experimental Study on Training Child Welfare Workers on Youth Sexual Health Research on Social Work Practice, December 2020Katie Massey Combs and Heather Taussig Suggested Citation Combs, K. M., & Taussig, H. (2021). A Quasi-Experimental...
Evidence-based sexual health programs for youth involved with juvenile justice and child welfare systems
ReSHAPINGEvidence-based sexual health programs for youth involved with juvenile justice and child welfare systems: Outcomes across settings, Children and Youth Services Review Children and Youth Services Review, 2019 Elizabeth Aparicio, Katie Massey Combs, Claudette...
Service needs of adolescent parents in child welfare
ReSHAPINGService needs of adolescent parents in child welfare: is an evidence-based, structured, in-home behavioral parent training protocol effective? Child Abuse & Neglect, 2016 Grace S. Hubel, Whitney L. Rostad, Shannon Self-Brown, Angela D. Moreland Suggested...
Homelessness & Its Intersection with Sexual Behavior among Youth
Housing is a universal human right and the absence of safe and stable housing contributes to negative health outcomes for youth.Adopted by the Healthy Teen Network Board of Directors on June 9, 2017Position Healthy Teen Network maintains that housing is a universal...
Sexual & Reproductive Health Services for System-Involved Youth
System-involved youth deserve comprehensive sex ed and optimal sexual and reproductive health services in order to achieve whole health.Adopted by the Healthy Teen Network Board of Directors on June 9, 2017Position Healthy Teen Network believes that youth in the child...
Human Trafficking
Resources and supports for youth who are victims and survivors of human trafficking should be youth-centered, trauma-informed, and holistic.Adopted by the Healthy Teen Network Board of Directors on October 24, 2016Position Healthy Teen Network supports the development...
Child welfare services involvement among the children of young parents in foster care
ReSHAPINGChild welfare services involvement among the children of young parents in foster care Child Abuse & Neglect, 2015 Amy Dworsky, PhD, MSW, BA Suggested Citation Dworsky, A. (2015). Child welfare services involvement among the children of young parents in...
Pregnancy and sexual health behaviors among youth in the child welfare system
ReSHAPINGPregnancy and sexual health behaviors among youth in the child welfare system UT Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2010 Monica Faulkner, PhD, LMSW Suggested Citation Faulkner, M. (2010). Pregnancy and sexual health behaviors among youth in the child...
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