Holistic, trauma-informed adolescent pregnancy prevention and sexual health promotion for female youth experiencing homelessness: Initial outcomes of Wahine Talk

Elizabeth M. Aparicio, Olivia N. Kachingwe, Danielle R. Phillips, Jamie Fleishman, Julia Novick, Trisha Okimoto, M. Kaleipumehana Cabral, Lana Sue Ka'opua, Christine Childers, Jason Espero and Kent Anderson

Children and Youth Services Review, 2019, vol. 107, issue C

Abstract: Female youth experiencing homelessness are at high risk for pregnancy due to a host of individual, family, and community-level risk factors. This embedded mixed-method quasi-experimental pilot study examined the initial outcomes of Wahine (woman) Talk, a comprehensive sexual health program delivered by an interdisciplinary team to female youth experiencing homelessness. Wahine Talk includes provision of and connection to basic needs resources, peer mentoring, group based sexual health education, and linkage to and provision of sexual health care. Process and outcome data were collected throughout and for six months after Wahine Talk from a diverse group of 14–22-year-old female youth (N = 51) experiencing homelessness. In-depth individual and focus group interview data were collected from providers and youth after Wahine Talk, and analyzed using Template Analysis. Over half (62.7%) of participants were linked to sexual health care during Wahine Talk and birth control usage tripled following the program. Depo-Provera and long acting reversible contraception (LARC) usage, in particular, increased during Wahine Talk (1–19% and 0–25.5%, respectively). Within six months, 31.4% of youth had adopted LARC and 3.9% were using Depo-Provera. Individual and focus group interviews with providers and youth affirm program acceptability and appropriateness.

Keywords: Teenage pregnancy; Sexual health; Homeless youth; Health promotion; Trauma-informed care (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2019.104509

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