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Resource: U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory on Social Media and Youth Mental Health

This Advisory describes current evidence on the impacts of social media on the mental health of young people. The advisory outlines immediate steps that parents, youth, researchers, policymakers, and tech companies can take to mitigate the risk of harm to young people. Learn more. 

Resource: Activate: The Center to Bring Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Research to Youth-Supporting Professionals

This website provides sexual and reproductive health-related resources for youth-supporting professionals working with young people, including young people experiencing the child welfare and/or justice systems, homelessness, and/or disconnection from school and work (i.e., opportunity youth). Learn more.  ...

Resource: Gender-Affirming Care and Young People

This resource (PDF, 2 pages) provides information on gender-affirming care, what it looks like, why it matters, and offers additional resources related to transgender and gender diverse children and adolescents. A glossary of common terms to know when providing gender-affirming care is also included. Learn more (PDF, 2 pages).   ...

Resource: Our Goals, Our Lives Video Series

This video series highlights young people sharing their authentic experiences of overcoming challenges to achieve their goals and make a difference in their communities. The purpose of the series is to inspire teens to overcome challenges and pursue their dreams. Learn more.

Help Youth Reach their Full Potential during National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month (NTPPM)

his May, celebrate NTPPM and download OPA’s toolkit to learn how your organization can engage teens in ways that utilize and enhance their strengths.

Promoting Positive Adolescent Health Behaviors and Outcomes: Thriving in the 21st Century

Promoting Positive Adolescent Health Behaviors and Outcomes: Thriving in the 21st Century identifies key program factors that can improve health outcomes related to adolescent behavior and provides evidence-based recommendations toward effective implementation of federal programming initiatives. This study explores normative adolescent development, the current landscape of adolescent risk behavior, core ...

Resource: Successes in Adolescent Health: Tools and Techniques to Support Pregnant and Parenting Young People in Breastfeeding

This resource is a result of a recent http://www.clocc.net/our-focus-areas/early-childhood/breastfeeding-support/youngbfsupport/ event to better understand and address research findings that mothers under the age of 20 have the lowest rates of breastfeeding initiation and the shortest duration of breastfeeding of those who breastfeed. ...

Resource: HIV Prevention Toolkit: A Gender-Responsive Approach

This toolkit can help HIV prevention program planners and managers understand how to integrate gender into HIV prevention programs and support services for women and adolescent girls
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