PROJECT TAKING CHARGE - 6-MONTH FOLLOW-UP OF A PREGNANCY PREVENTION PROGRAM FOR EARLY ADOLESCENTS

Authors
JORGENSEN SR POTTS V CAMP B
Citation
Sr. Jorgensen et al., PROJECT TAKING CHARGE - 6-MONTH FOLLOW-UP OF A PREGNANCY PREVENTION PROGRAM FOR EARLY ADOLESCENTS, Family relations, 42(4), 1993, pp. 401-406
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Social Work","Family Studies
Journal title
Family relations → ACNP
ISSN journal
01976664
Volume
42
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
401 - 406
Database
ISI
SICI code
0197-6664(1993)42:4<401:PTC-6F>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
Project Taking Charge is an abstinence-based intervention program for early adolescents designed to delay sexual intercourse and prevent tee n pregnancy. This article reports the evaluation results of a 6-month follow-up study involving adolescents from two of the original three p rogram sites. Many of the knowledge gains found at posttest were retai ned at follow-up. In addition, program participants were less likely t han comparison subjects to report the initiation of sexual intercourse within the 6 months following the program.