@article{ref1,
title="Building Positive Life Skills the Smart Girls Way: Evaluation of a School-Based Sexual Responsibility Program for Adolescent Girls",
journal="Health promotion practice",
year="2011",
author="Graves, Kelly N. and Sentner, Annette and Workman, Jean and Mackey, Wanda",
volume="12",
number="3",
pages="463-471",
abstract="In response to the public health epidemic of teenage pregnancy, the present study investigated a new, gender-specific, school-based approach to adolescent pregnancy prevention for middle school girls called Smart Girls Life Skills Training(©) (Smart Girls). Participants included 854 students (633, experimental group; 221, control group) across three time points to assess change in social sexuality expectations, personal/self sexuality expectations, perceived susceptibility, and parent-adolescent communication. Girls who received the Smart Girls curriculum increased their personal/self sexuality expectations and improved some aspects of their parent-adolescent communication compared to control group participants. The evaluation provides initial evidence that Smart Girls is at least partially effective at changing personal/self sexuality expectations and parent-adolescent communication for middle school girls. Implications, recommendations, and next steps for school-based teen pregnancy prevention programs are offered.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1524-8399",
doi="10.1177/1524839910370420",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1524839910370420"
}