A clinic-based, youth development approach to teen pregnancy prevention

Am J Health Behav. 2011 May;35(3):346-58. doi: 10.5993/ajhb.35.3.8.

Abstract

Objective: To provide a description of Prime Time, an intervention to reduce pregnancy risk behaviors among high-risk adolescent girls.

Methods: Prime Time, a clinic-based, multicomponent youth development intervention aims to reduce sexual risk behaviors, violence involvement, and school disconnection.

Results: We highlight key considerations in conceptualization, design, and methods for a Prime Time randomized trial.

Conclusions: Prime Time comes at a time of great interest in restructuring adolescent health services. This study represents an important effort to expand preventive and youth development services among young people most vulnerable to early pregnancy, for whom services must go beyond traditional problem-oriented approaches.

Publication types

  • Randomized Controlled Trial
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adolescent Behavior
  • Adolescent Health Services / organization & administration*
  • Ambulatory Care Facilities
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Longitudinal Studies
  • Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy in Adolescence / prevention & control*
  • Pregnancy in Adolescence / statistics & numerical data
  • Program Development
  • Risk Reduction Behavior
  • Risk-Taking
  • Sex Education / methods*
  • Sexual Behavior
  • Vulnerable Populations