New Items for 2005-2007

2007

Evidence-Based Programs

• Tool to Assess the Characteristics of Effective Sex and STD/HIV Education Programs (TAC) by Doug Kirby, PhD and Lori Rolleri, MSW, MPH, February 2007.
  Based on the 2006 report "Sex and HIV Education Programs for Youth: their Impact and Important Characters" (see below), this tool is designed to assess, select, improve or design a sex or STD/HIV education program. ETR and Healthy Teen Network have designed a one-day training to provide an overview of the characteristics and guidance on using the TAC. For more information about the training, contact Healthy Teen Network. A color print copy of the TAC is also available at Healthy Teen Network for $20, which covers shipping costs.

• Sex and HIV Education Programs for Youth: their Impact and Important Characteristics
  A report by Douglas Kirby, B.A.Laris and Lori Rolleri which summarizes a review of 83 evaluations of sex and HIV education programs in developing and developed countries. The review analyzes the impact these programs had on sexual risk-taking behaviors among young people and identifies 17 characteristics of effective programs.

Learning Activities

• Parent-Child Connectedness: New Interventions for Teen Pregnancy Prevention
  This collection of six interactive activities is designed to strengthen various behaviors and determinants related to parent-child connectedness. Developed primarily for use by practitioners in the area of adolescent reproductive health, these activities are general enough for a variety of prevention practitioners seeking to strengthen PCC. Includes activities to be facilitated in a workshop format as well as self-guided activities for parents and teens to complete at home. Activities range between 45 and 90 minutes to complete; each can stand alone or be presented in a suggested sequence.
  
  All six interventions are available in one packet. You may either download a free pdf file or purchase a print version for $15 at Products for Sale.
  
  Each intervention is also available as a separate learning activity:
  • Parenting Style and Parent-Child Connectedness
  • Understanding Adolescent Development
  • Responding to Your Adolescent
  • Connectedness and the "Emotional Bank Account"
  • Using Positive Reinforcement to Increase Connectedness
  • Active Listening to Provide Emotional Support

Research

• A Logic Model of Parent-Child Connectedness
  The purpose of this logic model is to help readers understand the PCC construct and hopefully help them apply this understanding to their work with parents and teens. This logic model identifies the parent behaviors that we believe are essential to establish, maintain and increase connectedness with teens, as well as the factors that determine those behaviors. It was informed by three years of research on parent-child connectedness including: 1) a comprehensive literature review of 600 peer-reviewed journal articles related to parent-teen relationships, 2) a five-city focus group study with African American and Latino parents and teens living in low-income neighborhoods, 3) an online survey about PCC with adolescent reproductive health professionals, 4) in-depth interviews with adolescent reproductive health practitioners, and 5) site visits with the staff of programs that have a parent-child connectedness component.
  
  You may either download a free pdf version of this logic model or purchase a print version for $12 at Products for Sale.

• New Risk and Protective Factors Quiz

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