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Reducing the Risk
Building Skills to Prevent Pregnancy, STD & HIV
Grades 9-12 |
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Buy Now! |
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View Sample Lesson |
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View Table of Contents |
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View Intro |
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View PowerPoint |
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View Fact Sheet |
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View Product Sets |
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Pre/Post Tests (Student Knowledge Survey) |
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Survey |
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Survey Answer Key |
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Reducing the Risk has been deemed an evidence-based program that works by these national organizations recognized as authorities on teen pregnancy prevention:
Compendium of HIV Prevention Interventions with Evidence of Effectiveness. 1999. Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention – Intervention Research and Support.
Emerging Answers 2007. 2007. Washington, DC: The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy.
Programs that Work. 2010. Santa Monica, CA: Promising Practices Network.
Science and Success, Second Edition: Sex Education and Other Programs that Work to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, HIV & Sexually Transmitted Infections. 2008. Washington, DC: Advocates for Youth.
What Works 2010: Curriculum-Based Programs That Help Prevent Teen Pregnancy. 2010. Washington, DC: The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy.
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Who Is Using Reducing the Risk |
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Many schools and organizations rely on Reducing the Risk, including:
- Arizona Department of Education
- Chicago Public Schools
- Fresno Unified School District, California
- Hawaii Department of Education
- Illinois Planned Parenthood
- Los Angeles Planned Parenthood
- Massachusetts Alliance on Teen Pregnancy
- Michigan Department of Health
- New York City Department of Education
- North Carolina Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Campaign
- Pueblo City Schools, Colorado
- West Virginia Department of Health
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Reducing the Risk was thoroughly tested and evaluated in 3 studies.
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In a California study, Reducing the Risk delayed the onset of intercourse among sexually inexperienced students by as much as 24% and reduced the rate of unprotected intercourse by 40%.
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In an Arkansas study, Reducing the Risk both delayed the initiation of sex among youth who had not had sex at pretest and increased condom use among those youth who did initiate sex.
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In a Kentucky study, Reducing the Risk significantly delayed the initiation of sex.
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View Evidence Summary |
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About the Author |
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Richard P. Barth, MSW, PhD, is Dean, School of Social Work, University of Maryland. He has also served as a chaired professor at UC Berkeley and University of North Carolina. He has authored many books, chapters and articles on children’s services practice, programs, policy and research.
He was the 1986 winner of the Frank Breul Prize for Excellence in Child Welfare Scholarship from the University of Chicago, a Fulbright Scholar in 1990 and 2006, the 1998 recipient of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Research from the National Association of Social Workers, the 2005 winner of the Flynn Prize for Research and the 2007 winner of the Peter Forsythe Award from the American Public Human Services Association.
He has served as a lecturer and consultant to numerous countries, states and universities. He has testified before Congressional and state government sub-committees about processes and outcomes of child welfare services.
He has served on many editorial boards, on the Board of the Society for Social Work Research from 2002-2006 and on the boards of numerous child-serving agencies. He is a Fellow and the inaugural President and Chairman of the Board of the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare. |
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