UHPP Youth Health Promoters

Many studies show that video games can help improve creativity, teamwork, mindfulness and reduce stress, especially after a long day of school or work. Here’s a challenge: Find an old game that you haven’t finished! It can save money, help keep you busy and bring back some old memories. Games our Youth Health Promoter, Tyji got back to is Blue Dragon and Uno! What video, board or card games bring you back in time and help you relax?

"You can feel sad, scared, angry. It's your brain that's sad. That's anxiety." The children, teens and young adults in your life can understand and feel feelings like anxiety and depression in a lot more intricate of a way than you might think. Watch this video to see how young people of all ages describe what they feel when anxiety hits them - and how parents can help.

We've had an amazing, strong and diverse cast of teens and young adults in our Youth Health Program over the last few years. "It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength." - Maya Angelou

From the first birth control center in Brooklyn in 1916 - to the new Upper Hudson Planned Parenthood Opalka Center in Troy, NY in 2021. Since then we've grown our services to include Wellness Counseling, emergency contraception and hormone replacement therapy. Here's to the new year and expanding sexual health services for the Capital Region!

Have a New Year's Resolution? Use the S.M.A.R.T. method! These goals stand for: [S]mart, [M]easurable, [A]ttainable, [R]elevant and [T]ime-based. Out favorite is time-based where when you make shorter goals throughout the year, you will create checkpoints to encourage you to keep reaching for the stars!