Improving Adolescent Sexual Health
How can communities support their young people in preventing early pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections? Working with Healthy Teen Network and the ABCD Institute, ACT for Youth has gathered resources to help community-based providers in the field of adolescent sexual health plan strategically for better outcomes.
Comprehensive Planning
The Promoting Science-Based Approaches - Getting-To-Outcomes (PSBA-GTO) framework offers communities a comprehensive planning process that connects a thorough community assessment to evidence-based programming, implementation, evaluation, and sustainability strategies. Adapted from the original Getting to Outcomes framework developed by Abe Wandersman and others in 2004, the PSBA-GTO was developed, piloted and improved by the Centers for Disease Control, ETR Associates and Healthy Teen Network. It has been used across the country by statewide coalitions seeking to prevent teen pregnancy, STDs and HIV infection.
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Planning for Evidence-Based Programming: PSBA-GTO by Jutta Dotterweich, ACT for
Youth Center of Excellence (January 2010): This 11-minute presentation offers an overview of this recommended planning framework.
Community Assessment
PSBA-GTO begins with a comprehensive community needs and resources assessment. Approaches, resources, and tools are available from ACT for Youth:
Evidence-Based Programming
To increase their effectiveness, communities are seeking—and funders are requiring—evidence-based programming. Resources are available from ACT for Youth:
See also:
Evidence-Based Living: Now more than ever, people need help separating the good scientific information from the bad. This new blog from Cornell Cooperative Extension, which includes a section on Youth Development, assesses scientific evidence on human problems.