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Community Change Group Presentation
Community Change Group Presentation
Abby OBrien, Amber Vanderstow, Cassie Schulte, Dana Knoll, Emily Vance, Lisa Dust, Jessi Chipman, & Sasha Gapczynski
Assessment
73.7% vs 45.3% Medicaid paid births 86% vs 88.4% high school graduates
Assessment
Local Resources
Teen
Health Corner
Department (KAT)
Health
Transportation Food
Assessments
Strengths/Barriers
Affordability
Inadequate Transportation Geopolitical Climate Lack of Motivation for Educational Attainment Kearney & Levine (2012) Low Risk Perception
Recognition of Problem
Diagnosis
Problem Statement
Risk of: Teen pregnancy Among: Kalkaska female teen ages 15-19 years old
Planning
Goals: Reduce the Risk of Teen Pregnancy. Stakeholders:
Community Members
Parents/grandparents/caregivers
School Districts
Target population:
High Schools
Alternative Ed Schools
Planning
Resources needed:
Class Time
Policies:
Parents have the ability to opt their child out however; the child can not choose to get out without written permission for a legal guardian
Research class regarding life goals and evidence-based methods of contraception can be taken in place of class.
Grants:
Implementation
Reducing the Risk (RTR): what is it?
What the program delivers and reinforces
Abstinences is the best and safest choice Youth should avoid unprotected sex
The more students effectively say no to sex, or to unprotected sex, the more likely they will be to use these skills
Attitudes and perceptions The curriculum significantly affected students' perceptions of which of their peers were having sex
Behaviors Increased parent-child communication about abstinence and contraception Delayed initiation of sexual intercourse Reduced incidence of unprotected sex among lower risk youth
Grants
School board budget
Attendance
16 lessons
School policy
Educators
Local resources
When
Geopolitical community
Conservative community
Evaluation
Decreased rates in teen pregnancy Rates starting to decrease within 1 year of program being implemented Program Objectives (pre/post test)
Outcomes tracked
Evaluation Continued
Health behavior theories Social learning theory Social inoculation theory Cognitive Behavior theory Intervention effective Results Increased knowledge Increased communication Reduced onset of intercourse Increased contraceptive use Reduce unprotected intercourse
Measures to study
STI rates
Onset of intercourse Knowledge on abstinence, contraception, pregnancy risk, STI prevention At different time intervals
References
Advocates for youth. (n.d.). Reducing the Risk. Retrieved from: http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/publications/1127?task=view
Center for Disease Control. (n.d.). Teen Pregnancy. Retrieved from: http://www.cdc.gov/Features/TeenPregnancy/
ETR health promotion: more information about the RTR program. (n.d.). ETR Health Promotion: Home. Retrieved September 30, 2013, from http://pub.etr.org/docpages.aspx?pagename=solution-rtrinfo#summary
Kearney, M. & Levine, P. (2012). Why is the teen birth rate in the united states so high and why does it matter?. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 26(2), 141-166.
Michigan Department of Education. Michigan merit curriculum credit guidelines. Retrieved from website: http://www.michigan.gov/documents/mde/Health_MMC_178846_7.pdf Reducing the risk: building skills to prevent, STD and HIV. (2013, September 11). ETR Health Promotion. Retrieved September 25, 2013, from http://pub.etr.org/ProductDetails.aspx?id=110000&itemno=Z001 The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy(2013). The national campaign fund. Retrieved on September 24, 2013 from http://www.thenationalcampaign.org/default.aspx.
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