Evaluation of the Teen Outreach Program in Louisiana: findings from the replication of an evidence-based teen pregnancy prevention program : final impact report for Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals, Office of Public Health
Louisiana. Office of Public Health, sponsoring body.
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center at New Orleans. School of Public Health, issuing body.
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New Orleans, LA : Louisiana Health Sciences Center at New Orleans, School of Public Health, 2016
This report evaluates the Wyman Teen Outreach Program (TOP) using a randomized control trial design. The goal of this evaluation was to replicate the findings of Allen et al. (1997), which demonstrated a significant reduction in problem behaviors, including teen pregnancy, following the TOP® intervention relative to a no-treatment control group within a randomized control trial design. Previous evaluations conducted between 1990 and 2001 demonstrated the effectiveness of TOP® (Allen et al., 1990; Allen et al., 1997; Allen and Philliber, 2001). Further, the Brookings Institution recognized TOP® in its 2007 report to the U.S. Congress, Cost Effective Investments in Children, as one of the best programs in the country, stating that every $1 invested in TOP® produced a $1.29 return on investment (Isaacs, 2007).
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