ReviewAdolescent health, medicine and therapeutics2015
Programs to improve adolescent sexual and reproductive health in the US: a review of the evidence.
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- Assessing the impact of an educational intervention program on sexual abstinence based on the health belief model amongst adolescent girls in Northern Ghana, a cluster randomised control trial.Reproductive health · 2019Trial
- Nonuse of Contraception at Conception Due to Partner Objection and Pregnancy-Related Health Care Utilization, Postpartum Health, and Infant Birth Outcomes.Journal of women's health (2002) · 2025Article
- A scoping review of strategies for adolescents' sexual and reproductive health role modelling.South African family practice : official journal of the South African Academy of Family Practice/Primary Care · 2024Article
- Declines in Pregnancies among U.S. Adolescents from 2007 to 2017: Behavioral Contributors to the Trend.Journal of pediatric and adolescent gynecology · 2022Article
- Adolescent risk behaviours and family settings in Bulgaria: An evidence-based approach to effective family support policies.Journal of mother and child · 2022Article
- Efficacy of a Web-Based Intervention (Smart Choices 4 Teens) for Facilitating Parent-Adolescent Communication About Relationships and Sexuality: Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR pediatrics and parenting · 2021Article
- Trauma exposure and adolescent attitudes toward having a baby: An exploratory survey.Contraception: X · 2021Article
- Assessment of Parent-Based Interventions for Adolescent Sexual Health: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.JAMA pediatrics · 2019Article
- A positive approach to adolescent sexual health promotion: a qualitative evaluation of key stakeholder perceptions of the Australian Positive Adolescent Sexual Health (PASH) Conference.BMC public health · 2019Article
- Health risk behaviours of Palestinian youth: findings from a representative survey.Eastern Mediterranean health journal = La revue de sante de la Mediterranee orientale = al-Majallah al-sihhiyah li-sharq al-mutawassit · 2018Article
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- Population, Reproductive, and Sexual Health: Data Are Essential Where Disciplines Meet and Ideologies Conflict.Frontiers in public health · 2016Article
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Abstract
backgroundUS adolescents have high rates of teen pregnancy, childbearing, and sexually transmitted infections (STIs), highlighting the need to identify and implement effective programs that will help improve teen sexual and reproductive health. MATERIALS AND
methodsThis review identified 103 random-assignment evaluations of 85 programs that incorporated intent-to-treat analyses and assessed impacts on pregnancy, childbearing, STIs, and their key determinants - sexual activity, number of sexual partners, condom use, and other contraceptive use - among teens. This review describes the evidence base for five broad program approaches, including abstinence education, comprehensive sex education, clinic-based programs, youth development programs, and parent-youth relationship programs. We also describe programs with impacts on key outcomes, including pregnancy/childbearing, STIs, and those that found impacts on both sexual activity and contraceptive use.
resultsOur review identified 52 effective programs: 38 with consistent impacts on reproductive health outcomes, and 14 with mixed findings (across subpopulations, follow-ups, or multiple measures of a single outcome). We found that a variety of program approaches produced impacts on sexual and reproductive health outcomes. Parent-youth relationship programs and clinic-based program evaluations more frequently showed impacts than other program approaches, although we also identified a number of abstinence-education, comprehensive sex education, and youth-development programs with impacts on sexual and reproductive health outcomes. Overall, we identified nine program evaluations with impacts on teen pregnancies or births, five with impacts on reducing STIs, and 15 with impacts on both delaying/reducing sexual activity and increasing contraceptive use (including condom use).
conclusionFuture efforts should conduct replications of existing program evaluations, identify implementation components linked to impacts, rigorously evaluate programs that appear promising, and expand the evidence base on programs that impact hormonal and long-acting contraceptive method use.
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