Sexual Risk Avoidance Education National Evaluation 2.0
2023 - 2028
Project Overview
The Sexual Risk Avoidance Education National Evaluation 2.0, or SRAENE 2.0, is a five-year, multi-faceted evaluation project designed to address congressionally mandated Sexual Risk Avoidance Education (SRAE) research and evaluation objectives. SRAENE 2.0 builds upon the activities begun in SRAENE while adding to what is known about SRAE programs by conducting new evaluation activities.
SRAENE 2.0 aims to expand the evidence base on effective programming by (1) supporting SRAE grant recipients’ local evaluations and (2) conducting a federally led, multisite evaluation of select SRAE programs. The range of activities included in the project will also build SRAE grant recipients’ capacity to use data and evaluate their programs to inform SRAE programming and adolescent pregnancy prevention more broadly.
SRAENE 2.0 also aims to produce findings on effective SRAE program components and address gaps in knowledge regarding the implementation experiences associated with SRAE program delivery to youth in community settings and the promotion of health equity via the following studies:
- The Core Components Evaluation Study will include impact tests of the co-regulation strategies used by facilitators in the formative tests in SRAENE among select SRAE program sites.
- The Health Equity within the SRAE Program Descriptive Study will examine issues of equity among SRAE programs by identifying health equity practices in a small number of sites through interviews with program staff, facilitators, and youth, and examining curricula to identify opportunities to improve the health equity of the content.
- The SRAE Program Delivery to Youth in Community Settings Descriptive Study will address gaps in knowledge about the implementation and participation experiences associated with SRAE programs delivered to youth in community settings, such as juvenile detention centers and foster care group homes. The team will use a case study approach to learn from site managers, facilitators, partners, and youth.
ACF’s Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB) and Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) jointly oversee this project. Mathematica is the contractor.
Point(s) of contact: Calonie Gray (OPRE) and Tia Brown (OPRE)