Ever Feel “Out of Your League”?: On Impostor Syndrome and Youth Innovation
Here is the opening plenary from YTH Live: This video captures the first panel at YTH Live, featuring six bright minds and young leaders making a difference in health and tech. When I saw it, I was...
View Article#YTHHIV: A Conversation about Youth HIV Prevention
Attention service providers! Community health workers! Educators! Medical professionals! Youth! You are all invited to participate in #YTHHIV, a live tweetchat hosted by YTH (@YTHorg) on Wednesday,...
View ArticleBuild Your Toolbox: Tech Solutions for HIV/STD Prevention and Treatment
Youth between the ages of 13 and 24 account for 17% of the US population, but 26% of its new HIV infections each year. 60% of those infected don’t even know it. How can we combat this epidemic? With...
View ArticleTextually Active: The Power of Mobile
With Snapchat, WhatsApp, and more, texting almost feels like old news for some youth these days. In a landscape where everyone, from tweens to grandparents are texting, health professionals are just...
View ArticleGirl Zone Challenge!
GirlZone is an online community where teenage girls can be themselves. Members play games and take quizzes to build a unique floral profile. There are articles and advice on crafts, fashion, sex,...
View ArticleBack to School…and Beyond
Over and over in issues of health, particularly sexual health, we run into the problem of education. It’s difficult to convince someone to use a condom or get that rash checked out if they don’t...
View ArticleAIDSinfo Releases HIV Drug App
HIV is a complex disease in how it affects our bodies, and people living with HIV can have complicated medication schedules that include varying doses of different drugs to be taken at different times....
View ArticleCreating a Mobile App? 6 Privacy and Ethics Points to Discuss with Your...
Is There an App for That? Connecting to the Internet is increasingly happening through apps and less through web browsers today — your bank, your gym, your grocery stores and your kids’ school may all...
View ArticleSocial Media Lounge Returns to YTH Live 2015!
Improve Your Social Media Skills Interested in using blogs, podcasts, Facebook and Twitter, but not sure where to start? Want to increase your organization’s reach? If you are attending YTH Live,...
View ArticleYTHINFO: Educating Youth About HIV Prevention via SMS
YTH is pleased to launch YTHINFO, a SMS campaign reaching youth weekly with HIV prevention information and resources tailored to their needs and lifestyles. Eighty-eight percent of young Americans age...
View Article4 Apps for #TeenDVMonth that You Need to Know About
Did you know that one in three adolescents in the U.S. is a victim of physical, sexual, emotional or verbal abuse from a dating partner? Or that this rate is far above the rates of other forms of...
View Article4 Tech Tools for Celebrating Body Acceptance Month
February is Body Acceptance Month, a time to celebrate positive body image and, perhaps, to begin cultivating it. Unfortunately, most people don’t accept their bodies or have a positive relationship...
View ArticleTackling Cyberbullying through Research and Mobile Innovation
This blog post was originally published to Vodafone Americas Foundation’s website, as a collaborative effort between our two organizations. Please visit Vodafone’s blog to read the original published...
View ArticleTransgender Spectrum Youth Health: they2ze Mobile App
YTH is working with funding from the National Library of Medicine [NLM] to focus on reducing HIV among transgender-spectrum youth and enhancing overall transgender-spectrum youth health during the...
View Articlethey2ze SoCal Tour
Last week the YTH Team had the opportunity to present our they2ze mobile app at the Southern California Sexual Health Summit in Downtown Los Angeles. Along the way, Programs Director Cara Silva and I...
View ArticleBack to School…and Beyond
Over and over in issues of health, particularly sexual health, we run into the problem of education. It’s difficult to convince someone to use a condom or get that rash checked out if they don’t...
View ArticleAIDSinfo Releases HIV Drug App
HIV is a complex disease in how it affects our bodies, and people living with HIV can have complicated medication schedules that include varying doses of different drugs to be taken at different times....
View ArticleCreating a Mobile App? 6 Privacy and Ethics Points to Discuss with Your...
Is There an App for That? Connecting to the Internet is increasingly happening through apps and less through web browsers today — your bank, your gym, your grocery stores and your kids’ school may all...
View ArticleSocial Media Lounge Returns to YTH Live 2015!
Improve Your Social Media Skills Interested in using blogs, podcasts, Facebook and Twitter, but not sure where to start? Want to increase your organization’s reach? If you are attending YTH Live,...
View ArticleYTHINFO: Educating Youth About HIV Prevention via SMS
YTH is pleased to launch YTHINFO, a SMS campaign reaching youth weekly with HIV prevention information and resources tailored to their needs and lifestyles. Eighty-eight percent of young Americans age...
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