Evaluating a Pregnancy and STI Prevention Programme in Rural, At-Risk, Middle School Girls in the USA

Autor/inn/en	Hill, Julie C.; Lynne-Landsman, Sarah D.; Graber, Julia A.; Johnson, Kelly J.
Titel	Evaluating a Pregnancy and STI Prevention Programme in Rural, At-Risk, Middle School Girls in the USA
Quelle	In: Health Education Journal, 75 (2016) 7, S.882-894 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0017-8969
DOI	10.1177/0017896916644845
Schlagwörter	Females; Middle School Students; At Risk Students; Pregnancy; Pregnant Students; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Health Promotion; Prevention; Rural Areas; After School Programs; Quasiexperimental Design; Adolescents; Hierarchical Linear Modeling; Regression (Statistics); Student Attitudes; Probability; Program Evaluation; Rural Youth; Sexuality; Experimental Groups; Likert Scales; Florida; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weibliches Geschlecht; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Schwangerschaft; Studium mit Kind; Sexual transmitted disease; Geschlechtskrankheit; Gesundheitsfürsorge; Gesundheitshilfe; Reihenuntersuchung; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; After school education; After-school programs; Program; Programs; Programme; Außerschulische Jugendbildung; Programm; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Schülerverhalten; Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung; Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Rural areas; Youth; Sexualität; Likert-Skala; USA
Abstract	Objective: Young people in urban areas are often the focus of pregnancy and sexually transmitted infection (STI) prevention programmes because of their high risk of unwanted pregnancy and contracting an STI. Young people in rural areas are far less studied but also have a high risk of similar outcomes. This study evaluates Giving Our Girls Inspiration & Resources for Lasting Self-Esteem (GO GIRLS), an after-school pregnancy and STI prevention programme, in a sample of high-risk middle school girls living in rural areas using quasi-experimental methods. Design: GO GIRLS was assessed using the same survey administered at three time points--prior to the start of the programme, directly following completion of the programme and at the end of the school year. The sample for this study was drawn from a larger evaluation of a multi-faceted health initiative conducted over the course of the school year in three rural counties in South Central Florida. Setting: The GO GIRLS programme was implemented in a rural area of South Central Florida. This area has higher rates of teenage pregnancy and poverty and lower educational attainment in comparison with state averages. Method: Propensity scores and nearest-neighbour matching without replacement were used to select a group of girls who did not participate in the programme but were comparable to participants. Programme participants were compared to the propensity score-selected controls on key outcomes using hierarchical linear regression. Results: Findings indicate that at follow-up, girls who participated in GO GIRLS had attitudes more accepting of delaying sexual intercourse than controls. However, participants did not differ in their levels of sex refusal skills at follow-up. Conclusion: This study shows that the GO GIRLS programme has promise for at-risk, rural girls and highlights where future evaluation research is needed. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01