Evaluation of Promoting Health Among Teens! Abstinence-Only Intervention in Yonkers, NY: findings from the replication of an evidence-based teen pregnancy prevention program : final impact report for Program Reach, Inc
- Author(s):
- Walker, Elaine M., author Inoa, Rafael, author Coppola, Nanci, author
- Contributor(s):
- Program Reach, Inc., issuing body.
- Publication:
- Princeton, N.J. : Sametric Research, March 9, 2016
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Pregnancy in Adolescence -- prevention & control Sexual Abstinence Sex Education Program Evaluation Evidence-Based Practice New York Promoting Health Among Teens! Abstinence-Only Intervention (Program)
- Genre(s):
- Evaluation Studies Statistics
- Abstract:
- Policymakers as well as public health professionals remain committed to identifying, designing, and implementing programs and initiatives to reduce the incidence of births to youth. Youth at greatest risk for initiating early sexual debut and for engaging in risky sexual behaviors such as having unprotected sexual intercourse and intercourse with multiple partners are the primary targets for these interventions. Abstinence-only programs are one of several approaches that aim to reduce the incidence of birth to teens. These programs teach abstinence as the only 100% effective means of preventing HIV or pregnancy. An efficacy study of Promoting Health Among Teens! Abstinence Only Intervention (PHAT-AO), conducted in Philadelphia, found that compared to the youth in 3 the control groups, youth in the abstinence-only intervention group were more likely to delay sexual initiation and recent sexual intercourse. In 2010, PHAT-AO was listed by the Office of Adolescent Health as one of several evidence-based interventions for which funding was available to conduct replication studies. Program Reach, a non-profit agency located in the Bronx, New York, applied for and was awarded a five year grant to conduct an effectiveness study of PHAT-AO.
- Copyright:
- The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF (38 pages))
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101683802 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101683802