Resources

The BDI Logic Model (Behavior – Determinant – Intervention) was created by Dr. Douglas Kirby. It is a simplified logic model format useful for designing, strengthening and evaluating programs that reduce adolescent sexual risk-taking, pregnancy, HIV and other STDs. For a copy of the worksheet, click here.

Getting To Outcomes – OK! (GTO-OK!) is a simple, 10-step guide for planning, providing, evaluating, improving and sustaining teen pregnancy prevention programs. Updated in 2016, this manual provides an overview of each step, along with resource links and downloadable worksheets.

Oklahoma has approved the Medical Accuracy definition that was published in the Journal of Adolescent Health (October 2009).

The Youth Asset Study was a CDC-funded study by the College of Public Health, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center and the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy. It explored the relationship between adolescent risk behaviors and protective factors (youth assets). For a summary of the initial 9 Key Assets for a Healthy Teen research, click here. For a summary of the second longitudinal study, click here.

CDC Evidence-Based Programs (EBPs) provides tools and information related to rigorously researched teen pregnancy prevention programs to guide the planning, implementation, and evaluation of local programs. 

There are numerous Promising Programs and Strategies . Many show signs of effectiveness, but haven’t had the opportunity or resources for rigorous evaluation. For characteristics of Promising Programs, click here.

PTC: EVIDENCE OF EFFECTIVENESS WITH SYSTEM-INVOLVED YOUTH

Power Through Choices (PTC) is an innovative sexual health and life skills education curriculum designed with and for teens living in foster care and juvenile justice settings to reduce risks related to pregnancy, HIV and other sexually transmitted infections among the vulnerable, high-risk population of system-involved youth. A rigorous, 3-state research study of the revised 2nd edition, funded by the HHS Administration on Children and Families and the Annie E. Casey Foundation, clearly documented evidence of effectiveness. Numerous research articles have been published describing PTC outcome findings, including the one below:

Sexual knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of youth living in group homes, Health Behavior and Policy Review.

The special Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Supplement of the American Journal of Public Health (March 2018) featured two articles from the PTC research project. For information about PTC evaluation and research findings, click here.

At the end of the research project, PTC was transferred to the Healthy Teen Network which provides training and support for PTC implementation. For news about the PTC curriculum and trainings, click here.

For information about upcoming PTC trainings for facilitators,  click here. 

COMMUNITIES IN ACTION

Teen emPower, Inc.! (TEI) is a nonprofit organization that provides quality sexual health education programs for middle and high school-aged adolescents in school and community settings in the Oklahoma City metro area. SHAPE, their nationally recognized peer education program empowers, educates and motivates young people to make informed decisions about their sexual health. To learn about the SHAPE peer education program model, click here. For an overview of SHAPE, click here.  For the SHAPE Peer Educator Recruitment Form, click here.

For TEI’s youth engagement and school-based programs in Project REACH, click here. For a copy of the 2021 University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center evaluation summary of TEI’s programs in the federally-funded Oklahoma County Teen Pregnancy Prevention Project, click here. For a copy of the Texas A&M University case study of TEI’s peer education program model, click here. For the SHAPE Peer Education article published in theAmerican Journal of Sexuality Education (March 2022), click here. For Oklahoma County Teen Birth Facts-at-a-Glance, click here. For a summary of Oklahoma County teen birth data, click here. 

Teen emPower! offers an AmeriCorps Member Health Education position. For a description, click here.

Oklahoma City-County Health Department (OCCHD) has directed several federally funded teen pregnancy prevention projects, partnering with local schools and community organizations. For a description of REACH (Reproductive Education and Community Health) replication and optimal health project coordinated by OCCHD through a grant from the HHS Office of Population Affairs, click here. For the 2021-22 Project REACH Yearbook with program and evaluation highlights, click here.  The evauation report for Replicating Evidence-Based Programs to Scale prepared by the Health Promotion Sciences Dept., Hudson College of Public Health at the University of Oklahoma for a federally-funded project coordainted by OCCHD, click here. For other OCCHD teen pregnancy prevention and adolescent program information, click here. 

Variety Care’s Teen Clinic is a source for teen-friendly health information and services. Variety Care’s health educator teams provide evidence-based prevention programs in school and community settings. Their teen pregnancy prevention, teen parent, and Teen Clinic programs are one of two direct service providers with Project REACH, along with Teen emPower. 

Thrive: Sexual Health Collective for Youth is a public-private collaboration focused on reducing the teen birth rate in Central Oklahoma. Thrive coordinates the implementation of the community-wide teen pregnancy prevention plan, Momentum Matters: A Collaborative Plan for Preventing Teen Pregnancy, 2020 – 2025.  For a copy of the plan, click here.

Amplify: Youth Health Collective provides leadership in Tulsa County and the metro area for advancing youth sexual health and well-being through education, collaboration, and advocacy. Its work and partnerships focus on a vision of informed youth, equitable access, and vibrant communities. For Tulsa County Teen Birth Facts-at-a-Glance, click here. For a Tulsa County teen birth factsheet, click here. 

Take Control Initiative empowers young women with the choice of when to have children through education, outreach and clinical services for long acting reversible contraception (LARC). Clinical services are provided free for women of reproductive age who meet qualifying criteria.

Prevention and health programs at Youth Services of Tulsa help youth avoid high-risk behaviors, prevent pregnancy, avoid STIs and achieve positive life goals. Their PregNOT program is provided in housing authority sites, to Youth Services participants and as part of the Juvenile Bureau District Court programs.

J.A.M.E.S., Inc. (Just About Mothers Excelling in School) is a Tulsa-based nonprofit established to encourage and support higher educational aspirations among expecting and parenting teens and adolescents (up to age 24). The organization offers a range of learning opportunities, including life coaching, case management, educational doula, scholarships to support education beyond high school, a Summer Parent Academy for young mothers and fathers, and a Young Parent Advisory Board. 

The Tulsa Health Department’s Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs help young people make responsible decisions, educating them about the dangers and risks associated with sexual activity, promoting ways to protect their health, and providing teen clinic services.  Its Teen Sexual Health Guide provides tips, advice, and information. 

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