Parenting in the Digital AgeSeptember 2024As 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 they can grow, learn, and thrive. However,...
Providers in the Digital Age
Providers in the Digital AgeSeptember 2024Now 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 credible information...
What’s Real?
What's Real?2023For 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...
Vaccinated Children, Stronger Communities
Vaccinated Children, Stronger Communities2023When 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...
Navigating Health Misinformation in the Digital Age
Navigating Health Misinformation in the Digital Age2023We 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 and how to share information...
Communication is Key: Sharing STI Test Results with Your Partner
Communication Is Key: Sharing STI Test Results with Your Partner2022HIV 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 Tested for STIs with Your Partner ...
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 Partner2022HIV 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 Tested...
Group Agreements for Good Colleagues
Group Agreements for Good Colleagues2021This is a working document that was crafted by the Healthy Teen Network staff and was inspired by our former Board Chair Nadine Finigan-Carr in the midst of the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Like any good group...
Pulse
Pulse puts the power of sexual health information, in English and Spanish, in the hands of millions of young women.What It Is Pulse, a web-based mobile health (mHealth) app, uses interactive, multimedia features to enhance engagement and support diverse learning...
HPV: Answering the FAQs You Hear from Young People
TIP SHEETHPV Answering the FAQs You Hear from Young PeopleHuman Papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common STI in the United States but perhaps one of the most misunderstood. To prepare you to talk with young people about HPV, we’ve got the answers to their most...
Working with Patients Experiencing Human Trafficking
Working with Patients Experiencing Human TraffickingDecember 2019Through 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...
Young Parents Logic Model Tool
Young Parents Logic Model2020The Young Parents Logic Model is a tool designed to help professionals and organizations think about how to design and improve their programs and services for young people who are pregnant or parenting. The tool encourages a holistic...
When Sex Education Meets Mandatory Reporting
When Sex Education Meets Mandatory Reporting U Choose to Know Digest, 2020As a teacher, you know that if you suspect that a student has been abused, or a student tells you about a situation that sounds like abuse, you must report it to the authorities. Although you...
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, 2020When you teach about STIs, your students will usually have lots of questions, and it can be hard to keep up with evolving knowledge about risks, treatment, and methods...
Sex Education and Abusive Relationships: What You Need to Know
Sex Education and Abusive Relationships: What You Need to Know U Choose to Know Digest, 2020When 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...
Eliminating Stigma from STIs and Testing
Eliminating Stigma from STIs and Testing U Choose to Know Digest, 2020You 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 the case. We all know that once...
Are You a Trauma-Informed Sex Educator?
Are You a Trauma-Informed Sex Educator? U Choose to Know Digest, 2020 As a teacher, you undoubtedly strive to be inclusive of all your students, including those who have experienced trauma. You are also probably aware that sex education requires navigating many...
HPV: The Sooner, the Better for Peace of Mind
HPV: The Sooner, the Better for Peace of Mind2018HPV...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 vaccinating your...
HPV: By the Numbers
HPV: By the Numbers2019So, 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...
HPV: Not Too Late
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...
Growing Up LGBTQ+ Online
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...
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