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Samuel O'Keefe; Mihaja Raonivololona; Maia Ramarosandratana; Tahiry Anjarasoa; Laura Leeson – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2025
Little is known about the outcomes of in-school comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) programmes two or more years after programme completion, particularly in low-income countries. "Projet Jeune Leader," a youth-founded Malagasy organisation, conducted a retrospective, qualitative evaluation of a CSE programme in Madagascar. The…
Descriptors: Sex Education, Outcomes of Education, Sexuality, Drug Use
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Juras, Randall; Kelsey, Meredith; Steinka-Fry, Katarzyna; Lipsey, Mark; Layzer, Jean; Tanner-Smith, Emily – Prevention Science, 2022
Beginning in 2010, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) sponsored numerous studies testing the effectiveness of Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention programs on youths' risky sexual behaviors. This article presents results from a meta-analysis of such studies completed between 2015 and 2019 and provided to us by HHS. Studies were…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Pregnancy, Prevention, Sexuality
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Glassman, Jill R.; Potter, Susan C.; Baumler, Elizabeth R.; Coyle, Karin K. – Health Education & Behavior, 2015
Introduction: Group-randomized trials (GRTs) are one of the most rigorous methods for evaluating the effectiveness of group-based health risk prevention programs. Efficiently designing GRTs with a sample size that is sufficient for meeting the trial's power and precision goals while not wasting resources exceeding them requires estimates of the…
Descriptors: Health Education, Longitudinal Studies, Correlation, Comparative Analysis
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Fung, Ellen B.; Ritchie, Lorrene D.; Walker, Brent H.; Gildengorin, Ginny; Crawford, Patricia B. – Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 2010
Objective: Examine the impact of providing yogurt to women enrolled in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). Design: Randomized, controlled intervention trial. Setting: Two California WIC local agency sites. Participants: 511 pregnant, breast-feeding, or postpartum women. Intervention: Substitution of…
Descriptors: Intervention, Females, Nutrition, Statistical Analysis
Ball, Victoria; Moore, Kristin A. – Child Trends, 2008
The reproductive health of American adolescents has been, and continues to be, a matter of serious concern. America's teen birth rate--already the highest among developed nations--is again on the rise, and rates of sexually transmitted diseases among American teens are very high. As such, the development and identification of effective…
Descriptors: Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Birth Rate, Adolescents, Developed Nations