Adapting an Evidence-based Curriculum in a Rural Setting: The Early Impacts of Reducing the Risk in Kentucky

Publication Date: June 23, 2017

Current as of: April 29, 2019

Introduction

This report summarizes short-term impact findings from rural high schools in Kentucky implementing an adapted version of Reducing the Risk, a comprehensive sex education program. The study findings indicate that the adapted version of Reducing the Risk had short-term impacts on some but not all of the program’s targeted outcomes.

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Types:

Report

OPRE Research Topics:

Youth Services , Strengthening Families, Fatherhood, Healthy Relationships & Marriages

Projects:

Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP) Multi-Component Evaluation

Topics:

Youth , Families , Fatherhood , Marriage

Tags:

Case Management , Capacity Building , Child Abuse & Neglect , Child Welfare , Guardianship , Kinship Care , Reunification , Communities , Cultural Sensitivity , Economic Mobility , Education , Financial Literacy , Employment/Jobs , Evidence-based Approaches , Foster Care , Homelessness , Housing , Human Trafficking , Partnerships , Poverty , Prevention & Intervention , Program Funding , Reporting , Research , Self-Sufficiency , Social Services , Substance Abuse , Teen Pregnancy , Trauma , Trauma-Informed Care , Violence , Dating Violence , Domestic Violence , Sexual Assault , Youth , Youth Positive Development , Eligibility , Grants , Public Awareness