Students Today Aren't Ready for Sex (STARS)

City Scan: Students Today Aren't Ready for Sex (STARS)

Approach
Out of School/ Summer	Mentoring	Tutoring	Counseling/ Therapy	School-based	Clinic/ Provider-based	Service/ Vocational learning	Parent or family component	Other
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Outcomes
Educational/ Cognitive	Social/ Emotional	Life Skills	Physical Health	Behavior Problems	Reproductive	Citizenship	Mental Health
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Background Information

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Research

Program Fee?

Contact information:
Dept. of Human Services
500 Summer St. NE, E-48
Salem, OR 97301

Website: www.stars-foundation.org

Mission/Goals: The mission of the STARS Foundation is to provide fundraising, advocacy and stewardship in support of the teen-delivered STARS life-skills curriculum for every middle-school child in Oregon.

Source(s): www.stars-foundation.org; www.rmccorp.com/

Project/Stars.htm

10,000 students in 49 Multnomah County schools

6th, 8th, and 10th grades

Please click here for more information on this evaluation.

Type of Evaluation: Experimental.

Objective: To measure knowledge about sexuality and attitudes toward sexual abstinence among teens who had attended the STARS program.

Impact/Outcomes: Treatment and control groups' responses were not significantly different on the eight knowledge items at Time 1. At Time 2, responses on seven of the eight knowledge items were significantly different in a positive direction for the treatment group. The participation rate of schools (22% treatment group, 11% control group) may mean the sample is not representative of target students. Student participation was 75% at both treatment and control schools. Of the final sample of students, 57% were in the Portland Metro area.

No fee.

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