Provides a new video released by The Office of Adolescent Health that reflect on what works for teen pregnancy prevention in the U.S. The initial video features Sé tú mismo (Be Yourself), a positive youth development program for Latino youth in DC and Maryland.
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Behavioral Health/Mental Health
Examines how community schools finance their work and describes the ways in which these schools use existing dollars to generate resources, partnerships, and activities to achieve their desired results.
Resource Leveraging
Monitors six types of health-risk behaviors that contribute to the leading causes of death and disability among youth and adults, including: behaviors that contribute to unintentional injuries and violence; sexual behaviors that contribute to unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases...
Substance Use Prevention | Vulnerable Populations | Youth Violence Prevention
Provides a user-friendly guide for what to do and how to communicate about the harmful effects of illicit drugs and alcohol to children from elementary through high school. Organized in 6 major sections: 1) How This Book Will Help You? 2) What Substances Do Kids Use? 3) Why Do Kids Use Drugs?
Capacity Building/Workforce Development | Family Driven | Substance Use Prevention
Examines the social, environmental, advertising, and marketing influences that encourage youth and young adults to initiate and sustain tobacco use. Summarizes the latest findings on preventing tobacco use among youth and young adults.
Cultural Linguistic Competency | Substance Use Prevention
Discusses the importance of positive youth development, community building, and youth involvement. Provides information about how you can put positive youth development principles into practice.
Connecting Schools and Communities | Youth Guided
Describes four areas of work that are central to developing a whole-school youth development approach and includes hyperlinks to tools that can be modified and adapted to support efforts to pursue a youth development approach in a particular setting.
Cultural Linguistic Competency | Youth Guided
Summarizes a survey of American middle and high school students who were missing school and asked them why they skip and what they perceive the consequences to be.
Connecting Schools and Communities | Youth Guided
Analyzes some of the most prominent mental health issues facing at-risk youth in order to provide youth workers with insight into the prevention and treatment of mental health challenges.
Behavioral Health/Mental Health | Vulnerable Populations
Provides a range of information on mental health including a section focused on positive mental health and how to promote resiliencefor adolescents.
Connecting Schools and Communities | Behavioral Health/Mental Health
