What Works Tables

WHAT WORKS FOR REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
A Review of Experimental Evaluations of Social Programs
that Examined Impacts on One or More Reproductive Health Outcomes

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Initiation of Sexual Intercourse	Frequency of Sexual Activities	Number of Sexual Partners	Use of Condoms for STD and/or Pregnancy Prevention	Use of Contraception	Pregnancies and Births
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Contracting STDs	Parent/Child Communication About Sex	Knowledge & Beliefs About Sex	Attitudes About Sex	Sexual Intentions	Sexual Self-Efficacy

Initiation of Sexual Intercourse

Not Proven to Work

Mixed Findings

Found to Work

Abstinence education programs:

My Choice, My Future!, a three-year program for 8^th, 9^th, and 10^th graders
ReCapturing the Vision, a one-year program for 8th grade girls
Teens in Control, a two-year program for 5th and 6th graders
Families United to Prevent Teen Pregnancy (FUPTP), an abstinence-focused after-school program for 8-13 year-olds
Heritage Keepers Life Skills Education, a character-based program for 6th-12th grade students

Sex education programs:

All4You, a program for students in alternative high schools that includes classroom curriculum as well as service-learning activities
Be Proud! Be Responsible!, an HIV education and skills training program for African American adolescents
Healthy For Life Project (HFL), a risky behavior prevention program for middle school students
McMaster Teen Program, a pregnancy prevention program for middle school students
Project SNAPP, an AIDS and pregnancy prevention program for middle school students
Safer Choices, a sexuality education program for high school students

Programs designed to increase parent-child communication about sex:

Enhanced Managing Pressures Before Marriage, a series of homework assignments for middle school students to complete with their parents
Facts & Feelings, a series of sexuality-related videos for adolescents to watch with their parents

A program designed to reduce antisocial behaviors:

The Montreal Prevention Experiment, an intervention for parents and antisocial boys

Abstinence education programs:

Making A Difference, an abstinence-based program for African American adolescents, delayed the initiation of sexual intercourse in the short-term, but not in the long-term.

Sex education programs:

Draw the Line/Respect the Line, an STD and pregnancy prevention program for middle school students, delayed initiation of sexual intercourse among males, but not females.
Postponing Sexual Involvement (PSI), a middle school program that focuses on delaying sexual activity, has had some success with females, but not males.
Project Taking Charge, a pregnancy prevention program for high-risk 7th graders, appeared to delay the initiation of sexual intercourse, but this trend did not achieve significance.
Teen Talk, a pregnancy prevention program for teens, delayed initiation of intercourse among males, but not females.

Adult Identity Mentoring (AIM), a program designed to help at-risk adolescents articulate future goals, led to less frequent increased rates of abstinence in the short-term, but not in the long-term.

REAL Men, a program designed to provide fathers with the skills necessary to communicate with their sons about HIV prevention, led to increased rates of abstinence at the 6-month follow-up, but not the 3-month or 12-month follow-ups.

Sex Education Programs:

Becoming A Responsible Teen (BART), an HIV education and skills training program for African American high school students

Supplementing sex education with community service:

Reach For Health, a program for African American and Hispanic middle school students