Evaluation of Youth All Engaged (YAE) in Denver, CO: final impact report for Denver Public Health : findings from an innovative teen pregnancy prevention program
- Alternate Title(s):
- Evaluation of Teen Outreach Program (TOP) plus Youth all Engaged in Denver, CO findings from an Innovative Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program
- Author(s):
- Bull, Sheana, author Schmiege, Sarah J., author Devine, Sharon, author
- Contributor(s):
- Denver Public Health, issuing body.
- Publication:
- [Denver, CO?] : [Denver Public Health] , August 31, 2015
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Safe Sex Adolescent Pregnancy in Adolescence -- prevention & control Text Messaging Program Evaluation -- methods Research Design Colorado Youth All Engaged (Program) Teen Outreach Program.
- Genre(s):
- Evaluation Studies Statistics
- Abstract:
- Teen mothers are more likely to drop out of high school and face reduced economic opportunities compared to their childless peers, and their children face a higher risk of poverty, child abuse and neglect. Preventing teen births reduces taxpayer funded health care costs. Using a rigorous review process, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services identified 36 programs with evidence of efficacy for prevention of teen births. One program is the Teen Outreach Program (TOP), focused on youth development, including human development and sexuality education targeting youth aged 12-18. In this study, we first sought to explore opportunities to reach youth at risk for teen pregnancy outside a traditional classroom setting by delivering TOP in the Denver Metro Boys & Girls Club, who offer after-school programs primarily for racial and ethnic minority youth and those living in poverty. Because youth utilize cell phones in substantial numbers and are the largest consumers of cell phones, cell phone minutes and text messaging, we also endeavored to couple TOP with a text message program called Youth All Engaged (YAE), previously known as TOP411, to better assist diverse youth in engaging fully with and reinforcing the TOP curriculum. This report describes the implementation and impact of YAE added to TOP relative to TOP alone.
- Copyright:
- The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (51 pages))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101698000 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101698000