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School-based programs have been a mainstay of youth pregnancy prevention efforts in the USA. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to assess their effectiveness.
- Elliot Marseille, Ali Mirzazadeh, M Antonia Biggs, Amanda P Miller, Hacsi Horvath, Marguerita Lightf...
- 2018
- Participants and Procedure
- Measures
- Statistical Analyses
Data for this study were from an integrative dataset from four randomized middle school pregnancy prevention trials that were replications or adaptations of the It’s Your Game…Keep it Real program. These studies represent a convenience sample of trials the authors had access to with data sufficiently prepared for analysis. The studies include trial...
Harmonization Process
Integration of the datasets involved two major sets of decisions. First, after examining all the follow-up waves across each study, we made the decision to include outcome waves that occurred approximately 1 year after the final program content had been completed; these follow-ups ranged from 12 to 19 months after study completion. Second, we examined all potential study variables to assess whether the items were asked in a comparable way across all studies. Questions and response options wer...
Indicators of Latent Class Membership
We included six indicators of risk and protective factors for sexual behavior, which were selected based on prior research suggesting they were associated with sexual initiation (Kirby & Lepore, 2007; Zimmer-Gembeck & Helfand, 2008) and their availability across the studies in the integrated dataset. The same variables were used to characterize profiles of individuals based on individual responses to the items and types of schools based on the prevalence of these items within students in scho...
Outcome Variable
Our outcome was an indicator of sexual initiation, measuring whether individuals who had not reported ever engaging in vaginal sex at baseline reported doing so at the target follow-up.
We used MLCA (Henry & Muthen, 2010; Vermunt, 2003) to identify latent profiles of risk and protective factors influencing TPP program effectiveness at the individual (L1) and school (L2) levels based on the 6 indicators (see Appendix 2 for sample code). For each level, we considered models with 1–6 latent classes. Analyses were run in Latent Gold (...
First, we argue that key theories imply that the effect of teen pregnancy and childbearing systematically varies among women who have different predispositions toward early fertility, partly because of skills and resources acquired in childhood.
Jan 16, 2017 · This study examined the motivating factors contributing to teen mothers’ resiliency and discovered the different experiences and perceptions of teen mothers attending a variety of educational settings, including a young parent program, an alternative high school, and a traditional high school.
- Linnea Lynne Watson, Linda R. Vogel
- 2017
Oct 15, 2014 · Early liaison with teenage multidisciplinary team ensures support and continuity of care, which helps to avoid repetition and stress for teenagers and their family. Teenage mothers are at increased risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes, the effects of which seem to be reduced by optimal antenatal care.
- Fergus P McCarthy, Fergus P McCarthy, Una O’Brien, Louise C Kenny
- 2014
Feb 11, 2015 · The literature suggests conflicting findings regarding whether adolescent motherhood motivates young mothers to graduate high school or attend college or whether it lessens their educational aspirations (Barr and Simons, 2012). One way that researchers have evaluated the effect of adolescent pregnancy on the lives of young women is by comparing ...
Preventing Pregnancy in High School Students: Observations From a 3-Year Longitudinal, Quasi-Experimental Study Jonathan Gelfond, MD, PhD, Nicole Dierschke, MPH, Diana Lowe, RN, BSN, and Kristen Plastino, MD Objectives. To assess whether a sexual health education intervention reduces preg-nancy rates in high school students. Methods.
