Citation

Allen JP, Philliber S. J. Community Psychol. 2001; 29(6): 637-655.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2001, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

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Abstract

This study examined a highly successful, well-documented, national program to prevent teenage pregnancy and school failure - the Teen Outreach program - to address a fundamental question: How well can a developmentally focused, broadly targeted prevention program address the needs of those students within the program who are at the highest risk of problematic behavior. The hypothesis that the developmental focus of a broadly targeted intervention would lead it to have greater program efficacy among those young people who began the program at greatest risk was examined with multisite data collected on more than 3,300 Teen Outreach and comparison group students. Results confirmed prior findings regarding the overall efficacy of the Teen Outreach program, and indicated that the program appeared most effective for those students at greatest initial risk of the problem behaviors being targeted. Implications for the targeting of the Teen Outreach program specifically and of similar primary prevention programs more generally are discussed. (Abstract Adapted from Source: Journal of Community Psychology, 2001. Copyright © 2001 by John Wiley and Sons)

For more information on the Teen Outreach Program (TOP), see VioPro record number 1678.

Juvenile Pregnancy
Pregnancy Prevention
School Performance
School Achievement
School Failure Prevention
At Risk Youth
At Risk Juvenile
Prevention Program
Intervention Program
Program Effectiveness
Program Evaluation
Juvenile Development
Youth Development
Juvenile Behavior
Juvenile Problem Behavior
Behavior Prevention
Behavior Intervention
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