Case studies offer concrete examples and success stories of how librarians and educators have used Teen Health & Wellness to support teens both in libraries and classrooms.

Read the case studies below to:

• See how our public library partners like Brooklyn (NY) and Schaumburg (IL) use Teen Health & Wellness to support their goal of creating healthy communities.
• Learn how public school districts like San Diego (CA) and Appleton (WI) were able to stretch their budgets to offer safe, credible, and authoritative information and self-help support to their students.
• Hear from students in Naperville (IL) Central High School, who found the information in Teen Health & Wellness helpful, easily accessible, and said they would use the resource again.

Complete case studies here:
Appleton (WI) School District
Brooklyn (NY) Public Library
Nashville (TN) Limitless Libraries
San Diego (CA) School District
Schaumburg (IL) Public Library
St. Joseph (MO) School District

You can add your own local resources to the customizable Hotlines page on Teen Health & Wellness.

Your local resources will appear on the Hotlines page for all users who log into the database via your library. The local content appears below the box with emergency and 911 information and above the resources provided by Teen Health & Wellness. You can also turn off the resources provided by Teen Health & Wellness so that only your local resources will appear.

To customize your hotlines, log in with your administrative username and password. Once logged in, click the link near the bottom of the left column to “update hotline information.”

If you need your administrative username/password or have questions, please contact customer service via email or phone at (800) 237-9932.

Teachers can use Teen Health & Wellness lesson plans to support their programs on health, science, physical education, and language arts. Integrate the database into your classroom and motivate students to learn. All entries are correlated to state, national, and provincial curriculum standards.

• Birth Control/Contraception: Students can research a method of contraception to prepare and present an eight-slide PowerPoint on the topic.
• Body Systems: Students can research a body system and then create an oral presentation, written presentation, and Wiki on that system.
• Budgeting and Money Management: Students can create a sample monthly budget that includes their income, fixed costs, discretionary spending, and more.
• Driver Education: Students can research a topic related to driver education to reflect upon, and then write a paper summarizing the article and their personal reflections.
• Editing and Writing for Publication: By participating in our Personal Story Project, students can learn how to write and edit material for publication, based on specific submission requirements. They can then submit their essays to Teen Health & Wellness for publication on our site and receive a certificate of achievement if their story is accepted for publication.
• Fad Diets: Students can research a fad diet along with principles of general nutrition to create a PowerPoint presentation with a minimum of ten slides.
• Financial Literacy: A five-day lesson plan that covers the basics of budgeting and money management; budgeting at home, school, and work; and financial myths and facts.
• Health and Wellness: Students can research a health/wellness topic of your choice and then use their material to create a brochure for a doctor's office.
• Hotlines and Resources for Teens: Students can research hotlines and resources to support teens in crisis on a topic of their choosing and then create a poster to hang in the school library or hallway.
• It’s Your Voice PSA: Students can create a PSA that gives information, provides a solution, or brings awareness to a social issue faced by teens. They can then submit their PSAs to Teen Health and Wellness for publication on our site. Created by Ruth Thoreson, Information Literacy Specialist/Teacher Librarian at Johnston High School; Johnston, Iowa.
• Sample Lesson Plan: Sexual Health (Illinois State Standards): This comprehensive, five-day lesson plan covers puberty, the male and female reproductive systems, reproduction and pregnancy, and making smart sexual choices for students in grades 9 through 12.

From gaming to teen cuisine to online safety, these proven Program Ideas can help you introduce your teen patrons to Teen Health & Wellness and better integrate the database into your teen programming.

Download the PowerPoint Beyond the Basics: Tips to Maximize Usage and share with your colleagues. This presentation is filled with usage ideas and suggestions to integrate Teen Health & Wellness into your library or classroom.

Choose from a variety of promotional tools to help you connect your colleagues and teen users to Teen Health & Wellness. Simply click a file below to download it.

• Bookmarks:
  • “You are not alone. Share your voice.” (PDF)
  • “From Dating to Dyslexia” (PDF)
  • “From Bullying to Body Art” (PDF)
  • “Visit the Calm Room” (PDF)
  • Let us customize your bookmarks with your URL and school or library name.
• Posters:
  • “Visit the Calm Room” (11 x 17, PDF)
  • “Got Questions? Get Answers.” (PDF)
  • “Got Questions? Get Answers.” Spanish Version (PDF)
  • “From Dating to Dyslexia” (11 x 17, PDF)
  • “From Bullying to Body Art” (11 x 17, PDF)
  • Let us customize your posters with your URL and school or library name.


• Meet Teen Social & Emotional Needs flyer (PDF)
• Visit the Calm Room flyer (PDF)
• Beyond the Basics (PowerPoint) — A collection of quick tips to make integrating Teen Health & Wellness into your library or classroom easy.
• Counselor Letter (PDF) — Highlights content and features that are of specific interest to school counselors.
• List of database entries (PDF) — View a full list of all entries, organized by subject.
• THW Tips and Tools flyer (PDF) — This one-page flyer shares the basics of getting started with Teen Health & Wellness as well as tips and tools to maximize use.
• Web Buttons — Promote the database on your library Web site or Facebook page.

Teen Health & Wellness has partnered with Scientific American magazine to offer reviewed content about important research, health, technology, science, the environment, and society. Scientific American is the oldest continuously published magazine in the United States and continues to be a trusted source for the latest information and happenings in science around the world. Scientific American magazine articles have been reviewed and selected by Rosen’s team of editors and added to appropriate sections. These high-interest articles provide additional and unique content to further support health and science inquiry and instruction.

Visit the Scientific American: Resource Articles archive to review and select the added content for individual, group, or classroom instruction.

Download a royalty free music track for your video PSA. Be sure to read the rules and guidelines before submitting your video. You can browse other examples of student videos in the video gallery.

Song Title	Genre	Duration	Credit	Download
Across Town	Electronica/Urban	1:18	Across Town/Harry Woodum/Soundzabound Royalty Free Music, www.soundzabound.com.
All That Remains	Ambient	3:38	All That Remains/Gary Arnold/Soundzabound Royalty Free Music, www.soundzabound.com.
Avalanche	Electronica	1:08	Avalanche/Arkadii Kaplan/Soundzabound Royalty Free Music, www.soundzabound.com.
Broken Hearted	Pop/Soft Rock	2:58	Broken Hearted/Gary Arnold/Soundzabound Royalty Free Music, www.soundzabound.com.
Bukan Salah Keadaan	World/Folk	3:40	Bukan Salah Keadaan/Inframe Project/Soundzabound Royalty Free Music, www.soundzabound.com.
Cool Summer	Electronica	3:44	Cool Summer/Atarilogic/Soundzabound Royalty Free Music, www.soundzabound.com.
Dark Times	Electronica/Rock	4:09	Dark Times/Martin Voglino Project/Soundzabound Royalty Free Music, www.soundzabound.com.
Die Ablenhung	Classical/Electronica	3:44	Die Ablenhung/Havok/Soundzabound Royalty Free Music, www.soundzabound.com.
Dirty Jeans	Pop/Soft Rock	1:45	Dirty Jeans/Gary Arnold//Soundzabound Royalty Free Music, www.soundzabound.com.
Dream	Ambient/Electronica	3:10	Dream/Claire Baum/Soundzabound Royalty Free Music, www.soundzabound.com.
Ethereal	Ambient/Electronica	4:16	Ethereal/Gary Arnold/Soundzabound Royalty Free Music, www.soundzabound.com.
Fairground	Pop/Soft Rock	3:20	Fairground/Indie Go Blue/Soundzabound Royalty Free Music, www.soundzabound.com.
Funky Kitchen	Pop/Soft Rock	1:55	Funky Kitchen/Gary Arnold//Soundzabound Royalty Free Music, www.soundzabound.com.
Goodbye California	Pop/Folk	4:13	Goodbye California/Frankly Speaking/Soundzabound Royalty Free Music, www.soundzabound.com.
Kill Zone	Ambient/Electronica	1:32	Kill Zone/Gary Arnold/Soundzabound Royalty Free Music, www.soundzabound.com.
Looking Back	Pop/Soft Rock	2:44	Looking Back/Gary Arnold/Soundzabound Royalty Free Music, www.soundzabound.com.
Metalhearts	Electronica/Urban	2:46	Metalhearts/Atarilogic/Soundzabound Royalty Free Music, www.soundzabound.com.
Missing Pieces	Electronica/Rock	2:22	Missing Pieces/Gary Arnold/Soundzabound Royalty Free Music, www.soundzabound.com.
Nameless	Ambient/Electronica	3:06	Nameless/Claire Baum/Soundzabound Royalty Free Music, www.soundzabound.com.
Passing Over	Ambient/Electronica	3:06	Passing Over/Gary Arnold/Soundzabound Royalty Free Music, www.soundzabound.com.
Pink Garbage	Pop/Soft Rock	3:47	Pink Garbage/Gary Arnold/Soundzabound Royalty Free Music, www.soundzabound.com.
Teen Dream	Pop/Soft Rock	2:30	Teen Dream/Gary Arnold/Soundzabound Royalty Free Music, www.soundzabound.com.
The Strategy	Classical/Electronica	1:45	The Strategy/Gary Arnold/Soundzabound Royalty Free Music, www.soundzabound.com.
The Summit	Electronica/Urban	7:10	The Summit/Ultraphonics/Soundzabound Royalty Free Music, www.soundzabound.com.
Valley of Kings	Rock	3:25	Valley of Kings/Gary Arnold/Soundzabound Royalty Free Music, www.soundzabound.com.
Walking Away	Pop/Soft Rock	2:22	Walking Away/Gary Arnold/Soundzabound Royalty Free Music, www.soundzabound.com.

To download any of the below materials, right-click the link and select Save As.

• THW Tips and Tools flyer: This one-page flyer has everything you need to get started with your subscription including: logging in, checking usage statistics, tips on integrating the database into your library or classroom, promoting it to your teens, and more.
• THW Tutorial: An in-depth review of the database features, functionality, and content.
• Educator How-To’s: Ruth Kuzmanic—a HS health educator for over 30 years in Naperville, IL, technology guru, and longtime customer—provides a quick, approachable tutorial on THW and how to get your students hands-on with it.
• Beyond the Basics: Tips to Maximize Usage: A collection of ideas and suggestions to make integrating Teen Health & Wellness into your library or classroom easy.
• User’s Guide: A comprehensive overview of the database features and functionality as well as helpful tips for using the database most effectively. Feel free to download and distribute to your colleagues and teen users via print or email.

Log in to view your account information and usage statistics.

You will need your administrative username and password to access this area of Teen Health & Wellness. If you need assistance, please contact customer service via email or phone at 1-877-381-6649.

The Teen Health & Wellness User’s Guide can help you make the most of your subscription. It offers a comprehensive overview of the database features and functionality, as well as helpful tips for using the database most effectively.

You can download the User’s Guide and share it with your colleagues or teen users via print or email.

Get the most out of Teen Health & Wellness by making sure your teens know where to find trusted, credible health information 24/7. Promote Teen Health & Wellness on your library Web site with Web buttons that link directly to the Teen Health & Wellness homepage.

Buttons are available in two colors and three sizes. (See examples.) Right click on the links below to download a button:

• 100 x 75: blue, orange (.png)
• 150 x 75: blue, orange (.png)
• 200 x 200: blue, orange (.png)

Widgets

Our handy search widget lets users search the contents of Teen Health & Wellness from anywhere on your site. Simply copy and paste the search widget code onto your site, or ask your Web administrator for help.

Check out the latest additions to Teen Health & Wellness!

Scientific American: Resource Articles

Teen Health & Wellness has partnered with Scientific American magazine to offer reviewed content about important research, health, technology, science, the environment, and society. These high-interest articles have been reviewed and selected by Rosen’s team of editors and provide additional and unique content regarding Teen Health & Wellness topics to further support health and science inquiry and instruction.

New Articles

• Social Media Anxiety addresses information overload, FOMO (fear of missing out), self-esteem, and other mental health consequences of excessive use of social media.

 

Notable Article Updates

• Skin cancer is the second-most common form of cancer among teens and young adults. In October 2023, fourteen-year-old Heman Bekele of Fairfax, Virginia, won the title of America’s Top Young Scientist for his groundbreaking idea presented at the 3M Young Scientist Challenge: a soap designed to combat skin cancer at an affordable cost. Our Skin Cancer article explains what teens can do to reduce the risk of developing skin cancer.


• Climate change is causing mosquitoes to roam beyond their current habitats, which has allowed a number of once-obscure infectious diseases to spread to other parts of the world, including North America. Scientists are racing to stay ahead of the increased risk. In November 2023, the FDA approved the first vaccine to prevent the disease caused by the Chikungunya virus. Our article on Dengue Fever, Zika, and Chikungunya explains these fast-spreading diseases and the threats they pose to our health.


• Teen anxiety increases during the college application season. While the admissions process is stressful, so too is the looming challenge of paying for college once you get in. We’ve updated our Paying for College article with the latest available statistics on the rise in college costs and student debt. But we’ve also updated our data on the good news: despite all the financial challenges, a college education still pays for itself in the long run.


• With teens nearly constantly online, it’s never a bad time to remind them about the importance of secure passwords. Every year, according to cybersecurity experts, the most frequently used password is 123456. Cybercriminals will attack vulnerable individuals, not just major institutions, with phishing attacks, identity theft, sextortion, and ransomware, among other crimes. In our Social Networking Online article, we’ve updated our advice about protecting oneself online to reflect the most recent advice from the experts.


• The 2023 Nobel Prize for Economics was awarded to Professor Claudia Goldin for her work in understanding women’s roles in the labor market. We’ve recently updated our Women in the Workplace article to address issues Professor Goldin has studied, including an updated historical account of women in the U.S. economy as well as recent data about the gender pay gap, gender stereotypes, workplace harassment, and other challenges women face in the workplace.


• The 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Katalin Karikó, a Hungarian-American biochemist, and Drew Weissman, an American physician, for their work on mRNA vaccines—work that led directly to the development of highly successful vaccines against COVID-19. Our Vaccines and Vaccinations article explains how vaccines work in general, and includes a history of vaccines (and opposition to them), updated to include the development of the COVID-19 vaccines.


• The most recent Pew Research Center survey of teen social media use should surprise no one: 58 percent of teens visit TikTok daily, followed by Snapchat (51 percent) and Instagram (50 percent). But teens are not just passive users of social media: they are content creators as well. We’ve updated Creating Content Online to keep pace with the ever-changing world of teen social media use to guide them through the pleasures and pitfalls of creating their own online content.


• In the 2022–2023 school year, 1.1 million students attended a school where at least one gun was found and seized, according to an October 10, 2023, article in The Washington Post. School shootings are ever on the minds of students and staff. We’ve updated our School Violence: Schools in Crisis article to highlight the ways students have taken positive action to address the issue of gun violence in schools. Studies have shown that when students who are traumatized by school shootings take action, change happens.


• Given the rapid rise of ChatGPT beginning in December 2022, we’ve added guidance to students on how (and how not) to use ChatGPT in Finding Credible Information Online and Online Basic and Advanced Search Skills, from explaining how ChatGPT works to describing its limitations as a search tool.


• In July 2023, leading U.S. Senators criticized the military for what they called low standards of quality and safety of military housing, and called for further reforms of the privatized housing system. Being Part of a Military Family discusses the challenges that military families face, including housing, moving, mental health issues, and deployment.


• Also in July 2023, Canada recalled six energy drinks, including Prime, for violating legal limits on the caffeine content in energy drinks, while in the United States, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced it is reviewing concerns of its own. We’ve done our own investigations in Sodas, Sports Drinks, and Bottled Water, examining both the short-term and long-term health and environmental effects of the drinks young people enjoy.


• College is expensive enough. When you’re an undocumented student, in most states you’re usually not eligible to pay lower-cost in-state tuition, even if you’re a resident of that state. As of 2023, however, nineteen states allow undocumented students who are residents of that state to pay in-state tuition rather than the higher out-of-state or foreign tuition rate. We’ve updated Growing Up as an Undocumented Immigrant to address the challenges that “dreamers” face, as well as their legal status in the ongoing battle over immigration in the United States.