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Teaching teens about sex: A fidelity assessment model for Making Proud Choices

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  • Cronin, Jacob
  • Heflin, Colleen
  • Price, Ashley

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Given the increased necessity for local program administrators to operate evidenced-based programs developed for different target populations and community settings, we present evidence about the effectiveness of a specific adolescent health intervention, Making Proud Choices (MPC). MPC was originally designed for inner city, African-American youth in high HIV communities, but implemented recently in diverse settings shown to be at high risk of teen-pregnancy in Missouri. In light of the pressures for local adaptation of the comprehensive sexual education curriculum, we created a three-pronged fidelity assessment tool. We find that significant gains are reported in terms of knowledge as well as intent to use a condom. Furthermore, these findings are consistently achieved in both urban and rural settings, with foster care youth, and for Whites and African-Americans.

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  • Cronin, Jacob & Heflin, Colleen & Price, Ashley, 2014. "Teaching teens about sex: A fidelity assessment model for Making Proud Choices," Evaluation and Program Planning, Elsevier, vol. 46(C), pages 94-102.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:epplan:v:46:y:2014:i:c:p:94-102
    DOI: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2014.05.010
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    1. Ahrens, Kym R. & Spencer, Renee & Bonnar, Mavis & Coatney, Alexis & Hall, Tyson, 2016. "Qualitative evaluation of historical and relational factors influencing pregnancy and sexually transmitted infection risks in foster youth," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 61(C), pages 245-252.
    2. Alexandra Morales & José P Espada & Mireia Orgilés & Silvia Escribano & Blair T Johnson & Marguerita Lightfoot, 2018. "Interventions to reduce risk for sexually transmitted infections in adolescents: A meta-analysis of trials, 2008-2016," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 13(6), pages 1-26, June.

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