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Vasilenko, Sara A.; Odejimi, Omolola A.; Glassman, Jill R.; Potter, Susan C.; Drake, Pamela M.; Coyle, Karin K.; Markham, Christine; Emery, Susan Tortolero; Peskin, Melissa F.; Shegog, Ross; Addy, Robert C.; Clark, Leslie F. – Prevention Science, 2023
Recent research has suggested the importance of understanding for whom programs are most effective (Supplee et al., 2013) and that multidimensional profiles of risk and protective factors may moderate the effectiveness of programs (Lanza & Rhoades, 2012). For school-based prevention programs, moderators of program effectiveness may occur at…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Pregnancy, Prevention, Middle School Students
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Chen, Yao; Zhong, Qinyi; Luo, Jiaxin; Tang, Yujia; Li, Mingshu; Lin, Qian; Willey, James Allen; Chen, Jyu-Lin; Whittemore, Robin; Guo, Jia – Prevention Science, 2022
This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of an intensive lifestyle modification program tailored to rural Chinese women with prior gestational diabetes mellitus compared with usual care. In a cluster randomized controlled trial, 16 towns (clusters) in two distinct rural areas in China were randomly selected (8 towns per district); and 320 women…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Health Promotion, Health Programs, Diabetes
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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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Jaime L. Begay; Rachel A. Chambers; Summer Rosenstock; Christopher G. Kemp; Angelita Lee; Francene Lazelere; Laura Pinal; Lauren Tingey – Prevention Science, 2023
Respecting the Circle of Life (RCL) is a teen pregnancy prevention program that was evaluated for effectiveness on sexual health risk behaviors through a two-arm randomized control trial (RCT) with American Indian (AI) youth ages 11-19. The objective of this study is to investigate the effects of RCL compared to a control group on items of condom…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Contraception, Self Efficacy, American Indians
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Heather D. Tevendale; Lucas Godoy Garraza; Megan A. M. Brooks; Emilia H. Koumans; L. Duane House; Hope M. Sommerfeldt; Anna Brittain; Trisha Mueller; Taleria R. Fuller; Lisa Romero; Amy Fasula; Lee Warner – Prevention Science, 2024
The impact of community-wide teen pregnancy prevention initiatives (CWIs) on local U.S. birth rates among adolescents aged 15 to 19 years was examined using synthetic control methodology within a quasi-experimental design. CWIs were implemented in 10 U.S. communities from 2010 to 2015. Each initiative implemented evidence-based teen pregnancy…
Descriptors: Prevention, Adolescents, Pregnancy, Community Health Services