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Study Quality Rating

Study Quality "N/A" means a study was ineligible for review (i.e., it did not meet the inclusion criteria in the review protocol.) For instance, a study would be ineligible if it did not examine impacts on sexual behaviors or their consequences and only looked at precursors such as knowledge or intentions. A study would also be ineligible if it was conducted outside the U.S. or with a sample whose average age was greater than 20 years old. If the search comes back with "0 Studies found", it means that TPPER has not yet reviewed the evidence for the submitted program (or author).

Coyle, K., Anderson, P., Laris, B.A., Barrett, M., Unti, T., Baumler, E. (2021). A group randomized trial evaluating High School FLASH, a comprehensive sexual health curriculum. Journal of Adolescent Health, 68(4), 686–695. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2020.12.005

Program or Component Study?:
Program
Program or Component Name:

High School FLASH, 3rd Edition

Study Quality Rating:
High
Study Evidence of Effectiveness:
Yes

Shepherd, L.M., Sly, K.F., & Girard, J.M. (2017). Comparison of comprehensive and abstinence-only sexuality education in young African American adolescents. Journal of Adolescence, 61, 50–63. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2017.09.006

Program or Component Study?:
Program
Program or Component Name:

Choosing the Best JOURNEY

Study Quality Rating:
Low
Study Evidence of Effectiveness:
N/A

Shepherd, L.M., Sly, K.F., Girard, J.M. (2017). Comparison of comprehensive and abstinence-only sexuality education in young African American adolescents. Journal of Adolescence, 61, 50-63. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2017.09.006

Program or Component Study?:
Program
Program or Component Name:

Becoming a Responsible Teen (BART)

Study Quality Rating:
Low
Study Evidence of Effectiveness:
N/A

Jemmott, L.S., Jemmott, J.B. 3rd, Icard, L.D., Hsu, J. (2020). Effects of church-based parent-child abstinence-only interventions on adolescents' sexual behaviors. The Journal of Adolescent Health: Official Publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine, 66(1), 107–114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2019.07.021

Program or Component Study?:
Program
Program or Component Name:

Non-faith-based abstinence-only intervention

Study Quality Rating:
Low
Study Evidence of Effectiveness:
N/A

Jemmott, L.S., Jemmott, J.B. 3rd, Icard, L.D., Hsu, J. (2020). Effects of church-based parent-child abstinence-only interventions on adolescents' sexual behaviors. The Journal of Adolescent Health: Official Publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine, 66(1), 107–114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2019.07.021

Program or Component Study?:
Program
Program or Component Name:

Faith-based non-faith-based abstinence-only intervention

Study Quality Rating:
Low
Study Evidence of Effectiveness:
N/A

Baletka, D.M., Garney, W., Wilson, K. (2022). Bee Busy DREAMS program impact report.

Program or Component Study?:
Program
Program or Component Name:

DREAMS

Study Quality Rating:
Low
Study Evidence of Effectiveness:
N/A

Usera, J.J., Curtis, K.M. (2015). Evaluation of the Ateyapi identity mentoring program in South Dakota: Findings from the replication of an evidence-based teen pregnancy prevention program. Delta Evaluation Consulting LLC.

Program or Component Study?:
Program
Program or Component Name:

Ateyapi Identity Mentoring Program

Study Quality Rating:
Moderate
Study Evidence of Effectiveness:
No

Herrling, S., Hirsch, H. (2021). An evaluation of Achieving Condom Empowerment (ACE)-Plus in foster care agencies in New York City. American Journal of Sexuality Education, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1080/15546128.2021.1959473

Program or Component Study?:
Program
Program or Component Name:

Achieving Condom Empowerment (ACE)-Plus

Study Quality Rating:
High
Study Evidence of Effectiveness:
No

Manlove, J., Cook, E., Whitfield, B., Johnson, M., Martinez-Garcia, G., Garrido, M. (2020). Short-term impacts of Pulse: An app-based teen pregnancy prevention program for Black and Latinx women. Journal of Adolescent Health, 66(2), 224–232.

Program or Component Study?:
Program
Program or Component Name:

Pulse

Study Quality Rating:
High
Study Evidence of Effectiveness:
Yes

Fiellin, L.E., Hieftje, K.D., Pendergrass, T.M., Kyriakides, T.C., Duncan, L.R., Dziura, J.D., Sawyer, B.G., Mayes, L., Crusto, C.A., Forsyth, B.W.C., Fiellin, D.A. (2017). Video game intervention for sexual risk reduction in minority adolescents: Randomized controlled trial. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 19(9), e314. https://doi.org/10.2196/jmir.8148

Fiellin, L.E., Kyriakides, T.C., Hieftje, K.D., Pendergrass, T.M., Duncan, L.R., Dziura, J.D., Sawyer, B.G., Fiellin, D.A. (2016). The design and implementation of a randomized controlled trial of a risk reduction and human immunodeficiency virus prevention videogame intervention in minority adolescents: Play Forward: Elm City Stories. Clinical Trials, 13(4), 400-408.

Program or Component Study?:
Program
Program or Component Name:

PlayForward: Elm City Stories

Study Quality Rating:
High
Study Evidence of Effectiveness:
No