ReCAPP: Professional Credits: Male Involvement and Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention

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Theories and Approaches:
Male Involvement and Adolescent
Pregnancy Prevention

Continuing Education
Self-Study Quiz
for CHES and
CFLE Contact Hours

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Self-Study Quiz Questions

The male involvement approach to pregnancy prevention refers to:
1. the strategy of educating young women to discuss pregnancy prevention with their male partners.
2. an approach for reaching young men by making sure reproductive health services and clinics are male-friendly.
3. a primarily educational approach that encourages young men to use condoms and take responsibility if they contribute to creating a pregnancy.
4. any clinical or educational approach that improves young men's ability to make informed decisions about their reproductive and sexual health.
Even male-friendly clinics struggle to draw men in for their services because, in general, men are:
1. less likely to plan ahead and schedule appointments.
2. less likely to know if they have a sexually transmitted infection.
3. less likely to access health care and often lack accurate information about reproductive health.
4. more likely to work longer hours, making it difficult to get to a clinic.
The 1995 National Survey of Adolescent Males recommends reaching out to teenage males with important reproductive health information in key social institutions such as:
1. churches, supermarkets and parks.
2. sports centers, youth groups, the criminal justice system, and school.
3. workforce, churches and community groups.
4. school, parks, malls, and sports centers.
The Young Men's Clinic (YMC) has successfully attracted clients by word of mouth, with many men being referred by:
1. female clients.
2. male clients.
3. outreach workers.
4. Dr. Armstrong.
Planned Parenthood of Nassau County's Coordinator, Matthew Buscemi, stays tuned to popular music and media because:
1. He wants to know the latest terms young people are using for reproductive organs.
2. He wants to be able to relate to the young men about what is important to them.
3. His clients feel more comfortable in his facility if popular music is being played.
4. He wants to know what outside forces influence their sexual decisions and behaviors.
Planned Parenthood of Nassau County schedules their health services for men during special times — when men are more likely to attend. These times are:
1. early morning hours before most men's work days begin.
2. evening hours.
3. weekend hours, especially Saturdays.
4. Friday afternoons.
When starting a male involvement program, including male staff in the program:
1. can be extremely difficult, but it is imperative for the success of the program that most staff be male.
2. is important, but not mandatory because many men relate well to women.
3. allows them to serve as role models to younger men and increases young men's comfort in asking them questions.
4. creates the opportunity for men to bond with each other, which can decrease sexual risk-taking behavior.
Obtaining funding for new male involvement programs:
1. is very difficult because only three foundations have funded such programs as of December, 1999.
2. can be challenging because legal issues prevent most states from funding family planning services for men only.
3. is getting easier because the Federal Office of Male Involvement was established on January 9, 2000.
4. is possible through private foundations such as the Ford Foundation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Involving young men in male involvement programs has several documented benefits. Which of the following is NOT a stated benefit of male involvement programs?
1. They increase men's sensitivity to gender equity.
2. They improve the health of young men.
3. They improve the communication between young men and women.
4. They reduce the rate of intended pregnancies.
The Male Involvement Values Clarification Activity for Staff is designed for the purpose of:
1. creating a safe, educational opportunity for staff to identify their own biases about providing reproductive health services to young men.
2. assisting program planners in assessing an organization's readiness and comfort toward beginning a male involvement program.
3. assisting managers to identify direct service staff members who are not appropriate for working directly with young men on sexuality issues, and who could serve the program better from a non-direct service position in the program.
4. screening potentially new staff members for their appropriateness and "fit" in the existing male involvement program.