Category: Pregnancy Prevention

Outcomes of these initiatives reduced pregnancy rates and/or improved prevention strategies for pregnancy.

School wide Activity
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Paquin School Program Initiative Description: a separate school for pregnant students that is fully integrated into the Baltimore City Public School System and follows the regular school calendar, schedule, and curriculum. In addition to educational classes, the School Program provides employment counseling services, parenting education, transportation assistance, childcare services, in-school health clinic services, family planning […]

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Medical
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Initiative Description: Program that provides long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) services within school-based health centers (SBHCs). Goal was to identify barriers and facilitators to implementation as reported by SBHC clinicians and administrators, public health officials, and community partners. Study Results: The most cited barriers across key informant groups were as follows: perceived lack of provider procedural […]

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Medical – School Wide Activity
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Initiative Description: Compared the effectiveness of a national comprehensive teen pregnancy prevention (TPP) intervention to a national abstinence-only TPP intervention. The comprehensive plan teaches that abstinence is most effective for preventing negative consequences of sexual activity but does not focus on abstinence until marriage. Program also provides instruction on various contraceptive methods, such as condoms, […]

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Educational or Curriculum
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Initiative Description: Adolescent girls were educated regarding reproductive health and their awareness levels were evaluated immediately following intervention. Study Results: Improved knowledge about contraception. Reference: Rao, R. P., Lena, A., Nair, N. S., Kamath, V., & Kamath, A. (2008). Effectiveness of reproductive health education among rural adolescent girls: a school-based intervention study in Udupi Taluk, […]

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Educational or Curriculum – Community Partnership
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Initiative Description: Parent support program and school‐based child care. The dual generational program includes daily parenting classes, outreach, transportation, legal services, family counseling and mental health services, liaison with health care providers, housing assistance, and parental modeling for young parents, along with safe, consistent, and developmentally appropriate child care for their infants and young children […]

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Literature Review
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Initiative Description: Literature review of school-based health clinics on teenage pregnancy and parenting outcomes. 13 investigations from 1997 to 2006 were included. Study Results: School-based health clinics provide much-needed education and support to pregnant and parenting teenagers. These clinics play an important role in helping adolescents in their understanding of sexuality and in making responsible […]

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Educational or Curriculum
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Initiative Description: Community-driven suggestions for the design and implementation of a teen pregnancy prevention program for urban and reservation Northern Plains American Indian youth. The curriculum includes traditional AI teachings (e.g., the four quadrants of the medicine wheel), storytelling, and the application of traditional Northern Plains AI values (e.g., respect, humility, compassion, bravery, generosity, wisdom) […]

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