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  • Positive Youth Development in the United States

    April 18, 2012

    This seminal study, funded by the Department of Health and Human Services in 1996, reviewed the state of the field of positive youth development and examined evaluations of existing programs.

  • Evidence-Based Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program Models

    October 22, 2012

    These programs have been shown to reduce teen pregnancy, STIs, and associated sexual risk behaviors.

  • National Survey of Adolescents and Their Parents: Attitudes and Opinions about Sex and Abstinence

    February 26, 2009

    As part of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, Title V, Section 510 provided funding to States to support abstinence education, with the ultimate goal of preventing unwed childbearing, pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases. To learn more about the public’s views, the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) funded a survey to examine current attitudes of parents and adolescents regarding sex, abstinence and abstinence messages.