Evaluation of Safer Sex Intervention in New Orleans, LA: findings from the replication of an evidence-based teen pregnancy prevention program : final impact report for Louisiana Public Health Institute
- Author(s):
- Jenner, Eric, author Walsh, Sarah, author Jenner, Lynne W., author Demby, Hilary, author Gregory, Alethia, author Policy & Research Group, author.
- Contributor(s):
- Louisiana Public Health Institute, issuing body.
- Publication:
- [Louisiana?] : [Publisher not identified], January 22, 2016
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Safe Sex Adolescent Pregnancy in Adolescence -- prevention & control Sex Education Program Evaluation Evidence-Based Practice Louisiana Safer Sex Intervention (Program)
- Genre(s):
- Evaluation Studies Statistics
- Abstract:
- In 2009, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) began a systematic review of the evidence on programs designed to reduce and prevent teen pregnancy and STIs. Although over 35 programs have been identified as effective at reducing sexual risk behaviors (e.g., frequency of sexual activity, number of sexual partners, use of contraception) or preventing teen pregnancies and STIs, the review also highlighted the fact that few interventions have evidence of positive effects across multiple studies. In light of this, HHS incorporated replication studies into the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program (TPP) funding as a means to bolster the current evidence base. Under the TPP grant program, the aim of replication is not simply to duplicate prior research, but rather to implement a promising program in a variety of settings, with different populations, and to evaluate whether or not the program reduces sexual risk behaviors, STIs, and teen pregnancy. One of the programs identified by the HHS TPP review as having some evidence of effectiveness is a clinic-based individualized sexual education intervention called Safer Sex Intervention. In 2010, the Louisiana Public Health Institute (LPHI) received a five-year TPP Replication of Evidence-Based Programs grant to replicate and rigorously evaluate the effectiveness of an evidence-based TPP program in New Orleans, Louisiana.
- Copyright:
- The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (60 pages))
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101683803 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101683803