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Teenage Pregnancy

Allen, J. P., Kupermine, G., Philliber, S., & Herre, K. (1994). Programmatic prevention of adolescent problem behaviors: The role of autonomy, relatedness and volunteer service in the Teen Outreach Program. American Journal of Community Psychology, 22(5), 617-638.
One of several studies of the Teen Outreach Program (TOP), a school-based prevention program that links volunteer work to classroom discussions. Other studies' results include reduced pregnancy and drop-out rates varying between 15-50% over seven years of data for program participants relative to a comparison group. This study looks at whether certain aspects of a program affect its success. Program participants were young people identified as at risk for significant behavioral problems, and similar, non-participating selected from same sites for comparison. Self-report pre/post questionnaires were used to assess students' problem behaviors. In the 66 program sites studied, the promotion of autonomy and relatedness with peers was linked to lower level of problem behaviors in middle school sites while no difference was found in high school sites.

Allen, J. P., Philliber, S., & Hoggson, N. (1990). School-based prevention of teen-age pregnancy and school dropout: Process evaluation of the national replication of the Teen Outreach Program. American Journal of Community Psychology, 18(4), 505-524.
One of several studies of the Teen Outreach Program (TOP), a school-based prevention program that links volunteer work to classroom discussions. Other studies' results include reduced pregnancy and drop-out rates of 30-50% for program participants relative to comparison group over four years of data. This study looks at which program aspects seem to be most salient (what works best, for whom, under what conditions). Program participants were young people identified as at risk for significant behavioral problems, and similar non-participating were selected from the same sites for comparison. Self-report...