Sexual health programming for vulnerable youth: Improving knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors

Maya M. Boustani, Stacy L. Frazier and Nephtalie Lesperance

Children and Youth Services Review, 2017, vol. 73, issue C, 375-383

Abstract: Among girls in foster care, 48% become pregnant at least once by age 19 (Dworsky & Courtney, 2010). Youth in or at-risk for foster care (YFC) report limited knowledge about, access to, and use of condoms; ambivalent attitudes towards teen parenting; and participation in other risky behaviors. For the current study, we adapted and supplemented an evidence-based sexual health program called SiHLE, using a systematic adaptation framework (ADAPT-ITT, Wingood & DiClemete, 2008), to address the unique and targeted needs of youth living in a temporary shelter due to lack of housing. Youth in this study were either in foster care and awaiting placement, or having serious family problems and were at-risk of entering the foster care system.

Keywords: Sexual health; Pregnancy prevention; HIV prevention; Foster care; Child welfare; Adolescence (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2017.01.013

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