William T Robinson1, Susan M Seibold-Simpson1, Hugh F Crean1, Briana Spruille-White1. 1. William T. Robinson is with the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans School of Public Health, and the STD/HIV Program, Office of Public Health, Louisiana Department of Health, Baton Rouge. Susan M. Seibold-Simpson is with Binghamton University, State University of New York, Binghamton. Hugh F. Crean is with the University of Rochester, Rochester, NY. Briana Spruille-White is with the Office of Public Health, Louisiana Department of Health, Baton Rouge.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the Teen Outreach Program, a pregnancy prevention program, in 2 community-based settings. METHODS: We evaluated the Teen Outreach Program, a 9-month positive youth development program, in 3 cohorts of youths from 2012 to 2015 in 2 states. In Louisiana, 7 agencies participated in an individualized randomized controlled trial, with youths randomly assigned to a treatment or control condition. Fourteen agencies in Rochester, New York, participated in a cluster randomized controlled trial. RESULTS: We found no differences between the intervention and control youths on delay of sexual onset in Louisiana (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 0.80; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.62, 1.03) or in Rochester, New York (AOR = 0.89; 95% CI = 0.45, 1.77), or for sex with no effective means of birth control (Louisiana, AOR = 1.18; 95% CI = 0.78, 1.78; Rochester, AOR = 0.41; 95% CI = 0.13, 1.27) after controlling for relevant covariates. CONCLUSIONS: We found no short-term effects for the offer of the intervention. Research might be needed for the long-term and intermediate impacts of youth development programs on these and other adolescent risk behaviors.
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OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the Teen Outreach Program, a pregnancy prevention program, in 2 community-based settings. METHODS: We evaluated the Teen Outreach Program, a 9-month positive youth development program, in 3 cohorts of youths from 2012 to 2015 in 2 states. In Louisiana, 7 agencies participated in an individualized randomized controlled trial, with youths randomly assigned to a treatment or control condition. Fourteen agencies in Rochester, New York, participated in a cluster randomized controlled trial. RESULTS: We found no differences between the intervention and control youths on delay of sexual onset in Louisiana (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 0.80; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.62, 1.03) or in Rochester, New York (AOR = 0.89; 95% CI = 0.45, 1.77), or for sex with no effective means of birth control (Louisiana, AOR = 1.18; 95% CI = 0.78, 1.78; Rochester, AOR = 0.41; 95% CI = 0.13, 1.27) after controlling for relevant covariates. CONCLUSIONS: We found no short-term effects for the offer of the intervention. Research might be needed for the long-term and intermediate impacts of youth development programs on these and other adolescent risk behaviors.
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