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Teaching teens about sex: a fidelity assessment model for Making Proud Choices.

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Cronin, J; Heflin, C; Price, A
Published in: Evaluation and program planning
October 2014

Given the increased necessity for local program administrators to operate evidenced-based programs developed for different target populations and community settings, we present evidence about the effectiveness of a specific adolescent health intervention, Making Proud Choices (MPC). MPC was originally designed for inner city, African-American youth in high HIV communities, but implemented recently in diverse settings shown to be at high risk of teen-pregnancy in Missouri. In light of the pressures for local adaptation of the comprehensive sexual education curriculum, we created a three-pronged fidelity assessment tool. We find that significant gains are reported in terms of knowledge as well as intent to use a condom. Furthermore, these findings are consistently achieved in both urban and rural settings, with foster care youth, and for Whites and African-Americans.

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Published In

Evaluation and program planning

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EISSN

1873-7870

ISSN

0149-7189

Publication Date

October 2014

Volume

46

Start / End Page

94 / 102

Related Subject Headings

  • Social Sciences Methods
  • Sex Education
  • Program Evaluation
  • Pregnancy in Adolescence
  • Pregnancy
  • Missouri
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Evidence-Based Practice
 

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Cronin, J., Heflin, C., & Price, A. (2014). Teaching teens about sex: a fidelity assessment model for Making Proud Choices. Evaluation and Program Planning, 46, 94–102. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2014.05.010
Cronin, Jacob, Colleen Heflin, and Ashley Price. “Teaching teens about sex: a fidelity assessment model for Making Proud Choices.Evaluation and Program Planning 46 (October 2014): 94–102. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2014.05.010.
Cronin J, Heflin C, Price A. Teaching teens about sex: a fidelity assessment model for Making Proud Choices. Evaluation and program planning. 2014 Oct;46:94–102.
Cronin, Jacob, et al. “Teaching teens about sex: a fidelity assessment model for Making Proud Choices.Evaluation and Program Planning, vol. 46, Oct. 2014, pp. 94–102. Epmc, doi:10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2014.05.010.
Cronin J, Heflin C, Price A. Teaching teens about sex: a fidelity assessment model for Making Proud Choices. Evaluation and program planning. 2014 Oct;46:94–102.
Journal cover image

Published In

Evaluation and program planning

DOI

EISSN

1873-7870

ISSN

0149-7189

Publication Date

October 2014

Volume

46

Start / End Page

94 / 102

Related Subject Headings

  • Social Sciences Methods
  • Sex Education
  • Program Evaluation
  • Pregnancy in Adolescence
  • Pregnancy
  • Missouri
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Evidence-Based Practice