Online Activities for Enhancing Sex Education Curricula: Preliminary Evidence on the Effectiveness of the Abstinence and Contraception Education Storehouse.

The purpose of this research was to conduct a preliminary evaluation of the Abstinence and Contraception Education Storehouse (ACES), a digital, classroom-based resource designed to supplement existing sex education curricula with highly interactive materials such as video clips, multimedia polls and quizzes, and audiovisual demonstrations. 335 students ages 14-19 were randomly assigned to an ACES-based (treatment) or a standard (control) sex education curriculum. Data were collected at the onset of the intervention and 3-months after the completion of the intervention.

Reliability of the high school Youth Risk Behavior Survey when administered online.

The Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) is frequently used by states and local school districts for monitoring and assessing health risk behaviors among middle and high school youth in the United States. This study assessed the reliability of the High School YRBS questions when the survey is administered as a web-based survey. A test-retest reliability study was conducted on a sample of high school students in grades 9-12.

The HAWK2 program: a computer-based drug prevention intervention for Native American youth.

Background: American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/ANs) have some of the highest rates of substance use compared with other ethnic groups. Native American youth start experimenting with drugs at younger ages, continue to use them after initial experimentation, and thus seem to mirror the same drug use patterns as their older peers. Despite the seriousness of the problem, there is a lack of evidence-based drug prevention interventions for AI/AN youth.