The Impact of Making Proud Choices! on Youth's Sexual Health Attitudes, Knowledge, and Behaviors.

Purpose: To estimate the effect of the Making Proud Choices! (MPC) curriculum, one of the most popular evidence-based teen pregnancy prevention curricula being implemented nationwide.

Methods: A cluster randomized trial was used to assign high schools to receive the MPC program or to serve as a standard care comparison group. The study took place in 15 schools in four cities in the United States.

How accurately can we predict repeat teen pregnancy based on social ecological factors?

Many factors at the individual, relationship, family, and community or environmental levels could predict repeat teen pregnancies or births, but research on certain factors is limited. In addition, few studies have examined whether these factors can accurately predict whether teen mothers will have a repeat pregnancy. This study examined theoretically selected predictors of repeat teen pregnancy among 945 pregnant and parenting teens ( age = 17), most of whom were Hispanic/Latina (86%).

NM GRADS: Lessons Learned from Implementing a School-Based Program for Young Parents Across New Mexico.

Purpose: The New Mexico Graduation Reality and Dual-role Skills (GRADS) program provides services for expectant and parenting students at high schools. The GRADS program has operated since 1989, serving more than 17,000 youth. This study summarizes the GRADS program model and program administrators' lessons learned from implementing this comprehensive, large-scale program.

Implementing Case Management with Positive Youth Development to Empower Young Mothers in California.

Objectives: With funding from the Pregnancy Assistance Fund, the Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health Division (MCAH) of California redesigned its existing Adolescent Family Life Program (AFLP) for expectant and parenting young women into a more intensive and structured intervention, AFLP with positive youth development (PYD). This paper presents key findings from a federally funded, rigorous implementation study of the two programs.

Methods: This implementation study collected data from 13 agencies from January 2016 through December 2017, including interviews with 69 case managers and 18 supervisors; focus groups with 130 program participants; surveys of 66 case managers and 1330 young women; and observations of 42 visits with program participants.

Sustaining Programs: Lessons Learned from Former Federal Grantees.

Introduction: A common concern of federal funders and grant recipients is how to sustain program activities once their federal funding period ends. Federal funding can be intended to develop or seed a program but not necessarily to continue its activities indefinitely. Understanding the importance of programmatic sustainability, the Office of Population Affairs (OPA) conducted research in 2015 on the elements that contribute to sustainability.

Engaging pregnant and parenting teens: early challenges and lessons learned from the Evaluation of Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Approaches.

This article draws on data from the ongoing federal Evaluation of Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Approaches to discuss the early implementation experiences of two new and innovative programs intended to delay rapid repeat pregnancy among teen mothers: (1) AIM 4 Teen Moms, in Los Angeles County, California; and (2) Teen Options to Prevent Pregnancy (T.O.P.