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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
Barbara K. Wingrove, MPH1, Izabel Riccardo, PhD2, Allison Rose, MHS3, Karen Anderson, PhD4, Greg White, MSW5, and Tarsha McCrae1. (1) NICHD, NIH, 6100 Executive Blvd, Room 7B07, Rockville, MD 20852-7510, 301 594-1302, Barbara_Wingrove@nih.gov, (2) School of Public Health, George Washington University, 2330 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20036, (3) Epidemiology and Medical Studies Program, RTI International, 6110 Executive Blvd, Suite 420, Rockville, MD 20852, (4) Building Futures for Youth, Howard University, Georgia Avenue, Washington, DC 20026, (5) College of Medicine, Howard University, 2018 Georgia Avenue, NW 2nd Floor, Washington, DC, DC 20060
Although significant reductions in teen pregnancy rates have been reported, teens continue to engage in high risk behaviors, e.g. early sexual involvement, STDs including HIV/AIDS, substance use and poor academic achievement. Based on a prior study with 7th & 8th graders, members of the NIH-DC Initiative to Reduce Infant Mortality in Minority Populations in Washington, D.C. mounted an intervention for preteen children. The participants are 5th and 6th grade children in 16 public elementary schools in D.C. and their parents/primary care givers. No evaluated programs were found for postponing sexual debut for this age children. Therefore existing programs were modified and new materials developed. This paper describes the process of creating the parent’s/primary care givers’ intervention. Researchers developed a logic model based on prior research and review of literature. Specialists in adolescent sexual involvement were consultants. Focus groups with members of the community were held to refine the logic model. The study design was presented to a Community Advisory Board (CAB) for comments and approval. Once the topics were agreed upon, parent liaisons from each school were asked to help define the intervention by suggesting actual exercises that would engage the parents and meet the objectives of the lesson. Members of the CAB also participated in refining the lesson plans. Parents and CAB members were engaged from the beginning of the intervention design to help determine methods to sustain the program in the schools at the completion of the research.
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, the participant (learner) in this session will be able to
Keywords: Teen Pregnancy Prevention, Community Building
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.