ArticleThe Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine2017
Strategies to Build Readiness in Community Mobilization Efforts for Implementation in a Multi-Year Teen Pregnancy Prevention Initiative.
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- Schools' Readiness for Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Education: an Overview of Theoretical Models.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2025Review
- Strategies for recruiting, training, and retaining educators for adolescent pregnancy prevention programs: Insights from organization leaders and educators.Dialogues in health · 2022Article
- Why We Need Evidence-Based, Community-Wide Approaches for Prevention of Teen Pregnancy.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2017Review
- Implementation of Community-Wide Teen Pregnancy Prevention Initiatives: Focus on Partnerships.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2017Review
- Teen Pregnancy Prevention: Implementation of a Multicomponent, Community-Wide Approach.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2017Review
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purposeThis paper describes an assessment of community readiness to implement a community-wide teen pregnancy prevention initiative, Youth First, and presents strategies used to enhance this readiness as informed by the assessment.
methodsTwenty-five community stakeholder interviews were conducted to assess four domains of readiness: (1) attitudes, perception, and knowledge of teen pregnancy; (2) perceived level of readiness; (3) resources, existing and current efforts; and (4) leadership. Interview transcripts were coded and analyzed to identify key themes.
resultsStakeholders acknowledged teen pregnancy as an issue but lacked contextual information. They also perceived the community as ready to address the issue and recognized some organizations already championing efforts. However, many key players were not involved, and ongoing data collection to assess teen pregnancy and prevention efforts was limited. Though many stakeholders were ready to engage in teen pregnancy prevention efforts, they required additional information and training to appropriately address the issue.
conclusionsIn response to the assessment findings, several strategies were applied to address readiness and build Youth First partners' capacity to implement the community-wide initiative. Thus, to successfully implement community-wide prevention efforts, it is valuable to assess the level of community readiness to address health issues.
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