PRC Faculty & Staff Highlights
Jordan Awarded Funding to “Empower Youth to Become Energy Leaders”
HYD-PRC faculty Cathy Jordan, PhD, LP, Professor in the Department of Pediatrics and colleauges from the Institute on the Environment, Renewable Energy Partnerships, Youth Eco Solutions (YES!), Climate Generation and UMass Lowell were awarded a 3-year, $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation. This funding will support their “Empowering Youth to Become 21st Century Energy Leaders: A STEM Workforce Development Initative.”
CDC Features Shlafer and team’s Building COVID-19 Confidence in Minnesota Prisons & Jails
HYD-PRC faculty, Rebecca Shlafer, PhD, and team members Ingie Osman and Katie Pierson were featured by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for their support of COVID vaccine confidence among individuals incarcerated in Minnesota prisons and jails. The team, in consultation with the project’s advisory board, created five videos highlighting common COVID-19 vaccine concerns shared by those who are incarcerated. The videos are captioned in English, Hmong, and Spanish and were shared with Minnesota’s 11 state prisons and 85 county jails.
Events & Resources
2023 Adolescent Health Summer Institute
The Adolescent Health Summer Institute will be held July 24-26, 2023, in-person! More information about this event and registration details will be coming out soon. If you would like to get added to our mailing list to stay up to date, please click here.
Parent Support for Comprehensive Sex Education Handouts Available
Professor Marla Eisenberg and PRC colleagues recently published a 2-page and a 6-page handout highlighting results from their recent survey of parents regarding their view son school-based sex education. To access those handouts, please click here.
Book Your Training Today!
The Healthy Youth Development - Prevention Research Center (HYD-PRC) provides interactive, skills-building health education and training to increase youth-serving professionals' and organizations' capacity. With extensive experience providing training and professional development, our training team is sought-after as consultants, educators, and trainers. Our trainers are deeply committed to addressing health disparities, and deliver content through a lens of equity, inclusion, and trauma-informed practice. Our experienced team can provide high quality, competitively-priced training and technical support on:
- 20+ evidence-based sexual health curricula like Making Proud Choices, Making a Difference, SHARP (Sexual Health and Adolescent Risk Behavior), Safer Sex Intervention, and Promoting Health Among Teens
- Evidence-informed sexual health curricula like 3Rs (Rights, Respect, Responsibility) and It’s That Easy! A Guide to Raising Sexually Healthy Children
- Adolescent sexual health promotion trainings that cover topics like Cultural Proficiency, LGBTQ+ Inclusivity, Trauma-Informed Approaches to Sex Ed, and Answering Sensitive Questions.
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To learn more about us, explore how we can support your training and TA needs, and ask for a quote, please visit our website or contact Jill Farris, Director of Adolescent Health Training & Education, at [email protected].