Model Programs for Adolescent Sexual Health: Evidence-Based HIV, STI, and Pregnancy Prevention Interventions

409 Pages·2008·1.27 MB·English

by  Josefina J. Card PhD

Model Programs
for Adolescent
Sexual Health
About the Editors
Josefi na J. Card, PhD,
is Founder and President of Sociometrics Corporation.
Card is a nationally recognized social scientist and an expert in the establishment
and operation of research-based social science resources, products, and services for
population researchers and health practitioners. She has served as Principal Inves-
tigator of over 70 grants and contracts funded by the National Institutes of Health
and the National Science Foundation, including the AIDS/STI Data Archive and the
HIV/AIDS Prevention Program Archive.
Card has established a solid track record as a health and population scientist.
She has authored over 80 books, monographs, and journal articles. Her work is noted
for its integration of behavioral, psychological, and demographic perspectives.
Card has served as a member of many federal advisory committees, including
the NIH (National Institutes of Health) Study Section for Social Sciences and Popu-
lation, the NICHD (National Institute on Child Health and Human Development)
Population Research Committee, and the NICHD Advisory Council.
Tabitha A. Benner, MPA, is a Research Associate at Sociometrics Corporation
and currently the project director of two projects related to STI/HIV/AIDS pre-
vention for at-risk youth and/or adults: Program Archive on Sexuality, Health,
and A dolescence (PASHA); and Computer-Based HIV Prevention Interventions for
African American Women (SAHARA).
As program director of PASHA, she oversees researching new and innovative
effective interventions in the areas of primary/secondary pregnancy prevention and
STI/HIV/AIDS prevention for youth and works with the original program devel-
opers to create user-friendly replication kits. As project director for the SAHARA
program, she developed the storyboards and scripts for two interactive, new media
interventions—one for African American women, and the second for Hispanic
women.
Prior to joining Sociometrics, Benner completed a masters of public adminis-
tration at the American University in Washington, DC, with an emphasis on the
impact of state and local regulations on minors’ access to family planning and
reproductive health services without parental consent. She is also a full-time Yoga
instructor and hypnotherapist.
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Model Programs
for Adolescent
Sexual Health
Evidence-Based HIV, STI, and Pregnancy
Prevention Interventions
EDITORS Josefi na J. Card, PhD Tabitha A. Benner, MPA
New York
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Model programs for adolescent sexual health : evidence-based HIV, STI, and pregnancy
prevention interventions/Josefi na J. Card, Tabitha A. Benner, editors.
p. ; cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-8261-3824-8 (alk. paper)
1. Sex instruction for teenagers. 2. Sexually transmitted diseases—Prevention.
3. Preventive health services for teenagers. I. Card, Josefi na J. II. Benner, Tabitha.
[DNLM: 1. Adolescent Health Services. 2. School Health Services. 3. Adolescent
Behavior. 4. Adolescent. 5. Pregnancy in Adolescence—prevention & control.
6. Sexually Transmitted Diseases—prevention & control. WA 330 M689 2008]
HQ35.M595 2008
373.17’14—dc22 2007051941
Printed in Canada by Transcontinental.
Dedication
For Dr. Susan Newcomer of the National Institute of Child
Health and Human Development, staunch supporter of
developing and disseminating model programs for adolescent
sexual health
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Contents
Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xi
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
P A R T I
PRIMARY PREGNANCY PREVENTION PROGRAMS
Section A Programs Designed for Youths in Middle
School or Junior High School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Chapter 1 Reach for Health: A School-Sponsored Community
Youth Service Intervention for Middle School Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Diana Dull Akers, Tabitha A. Benner, and the Education Development Center Staff
Chapter 2 Human Sexuality—Values & Choices: A Values-Based
Curriculum for 7th and 8th Grades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Starr Niego, Alisa Mallari, M. Jane Park, and Janette Mince
Chapter 3 Project Taking Charge:A Pregnancy Prevention Program
for Junior High School Youth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
J. Barry Gurdin, Starr Niego, M. Jane Park, and Janette Mince
Section B Programs Designed for Youths in High School. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Chapter 4 School-Linked Reproductive Health Services (the Self Center ):
A High School Pregnancy Prevention Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Kathryn L. Muller, Starr Niego, M. Jane Park, and Janette Mince
Chapter 5 Reducing the Risk:A High School Pregnancy and
STI/HIV/AIDS Prevention Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Kathryn L. Muller, Starr Niego, Margaret S. Kelley, and Janette Mince
Chapter 6 Reproductive Health Counseling for Young Men:A High School Pregnancy
and STI/HIV/AIDS Prevention Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Ross Danielson, Starr Niego, and Janette Mince
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Section C Programs Designed for Youth/Community Collaboration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79
Chapter 7 School/Community Program for Sexual Risk Reduction Among Teens:
An Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Starr Niego, William S. Farrell, M. Jane Park, and Janette Mince
Chapter 8 Teen Talk:An Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Danette M. Schott, Starr Niego, Alisa Mallari, M. Jane Park, and Janette Mince
Section D Programs Designed for Youths of All Ages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105
Chapter 9 Tailoring Family Planning Services to the Special Needs of Adolescents:
New Adolescent Approach Protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Kathryn L. Muller, Starr Niego, and Janette Mince
P A R T I I
SECONDARY PREGNANCY PREVENTION
Chapter 10 A Health Care Program for First-Time Adolescent Mothers and
Their Infants:A Second Pregnancy Prevention Program for Teen Mothers . . . . . . 121
J. Barry Gurdin, Starr Niego, and Janette Mince
Chapter 11 Queens Hospital Center’s Teenage Program:A Second Pregnancy
Prevention Program for Young Men and Women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
J. Barry Gurdin, Alisa Mallari, M. Jane Park, and Janette Mince
Chapter 12 Family Growth Center:A Community-Based Social Support Program for
Teen Mothers and Their Families . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Diana Dull Akers and Janette Mince
P A R T I I I
STI/HIV/AIDS PREVENTION
Section A Programs Designed for Youths in Middle School or
Junior High School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156
Chapter 13 Aban Aya Youth Project:Preventing High-Risk Behaviors Among
African American Youths in Grades 5–8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Tabitha A. Benner
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Chapter 14 Youth AIDS Prevention Project (YAPP):An Adolescent STI/HIV/AIDS Prevention
Program for Junior High School Youths. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
J. Barry Gurdin, Starr Niego, and Janette Mince
Chapter 15 Draw the Line/Respect the Line:A Middle School Intervention to
Reduce Sexual Risk Behavior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Tabitha A. Benner
Section B Programs Designed for Youths in High School. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185
Chapter 16 AIDS Prevention for Adolescents in School:A High School-Based
STI/HIV/AIDS Prevention Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Anne Belden, M. Jane Park, and Janette Mince
Chapter 17 Get Real About AIDS ®:A High School-Based STI/HIV/AIDS
Prevention Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Nicole Vicinanza, Starr Niego, M. Jane Park, and Janette Mince
Chapter 18 IMB: Information–Motivation–Behavioral Skills HIV Prevention Program . . . . . . . 207
Diana Dull Akers
Section C Programs Designed for Young Women. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215
Chapter 19 FOCUS:Preventing Sexually Transmitted Infections and Unwanted
Pregnancies Among Young Women. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Tabitha A. Benner
Chapter 20 What Could You Do?Interactive Video Intervention to Reduce
Adolescent Females’ STI Risk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Tabitha A. Benner
Chapter 21 AIDS Prevention and Health Promotion Among Women:An HIV/AIDS
Prevention Program for Young Women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Nicole Vicinanza, Starr Niego, and Janette Mince
Chapter 22 A Clinic-Based AIDS Education Program for Female Adolescents:
An HIV/AIDS Prevention Program for Young Women. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
J. Barry Gurdin, Starr Niego, Margaret S. Kelley, and Janette Mince
Chapter 23 SiHLE:Health Workshops for Young Black Women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Tabitha A. Benner
Section D Programs Designed for Young Men . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .261
Chapter 24 Rikers Health Advocacy Program (RHAP):An STI/HIV/AIDS
Prevention Program for Young Men. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
J. Barry Gurdin, Starr Niego, M. Jane Park, and Janette Mince