TY - JOUR
T1 - Supplementing Substance Use Prevention With Sexual Health Education
T2 - A Partner-Informed Approach to Intervention Development
AU - Powell, Terrinieka W.
AU - Jo, Meghan
AU - Smith, Anne D.
AU - Marshall, Beth D.
AU - Thigpen, Santha
AU - Offiong, Asari
AU - Geffen, Sophia R.
N1 - Funding Information:
We would like to thank Baltimore City Public School System and the schools who participated in this research. This work was financially supported by the Cooperative Agreement (1-U48-DP-000040) funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Prevention Research Center Program. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and prevention or the Department of Health and Human Services. This work was also funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (1K01DA042134-01A1). The funders did not play a role in the design, conduct or analysis of the study nor in the drafting of this manuscript.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Society for Public Health Education.
PY - 2022/1
Y1 - 2022/1
N2 - Supplementing substance use prevention with sexual health education would allow educators to address the risk and protective factors that influence both health issues. This streamlined approach may minimize the inefficiencies of multisession, single-purpose interventions. Our team developed a supplemental sexual and reproductive health (SRH) unit to align with an existing evidence-based intervention, LifeSkills Training (LST). This goal of this article is to describe our process, final product, lessons learned, and future directions. Our partner-informed approach took place across three key phases: (1) formative insights, (2) unit development, and (3) pilot implementation. The final supplemental SRH unit is ten, 45-minute sessions offered to seventh- and eighth-grade students and includes a set of learning objectives that are aligned with individual sessions. The supplemental SRH unit also mirrors existing LST modules in length, flow, layout, facilitator instructions, focus on prevention, and utilization of a student workbook. Lessons learned include strategies to effectively incorporate a wide range of ongoing feedback from multiple sources and quickly respond to staff turnover. This partnership approach serves as a model for researchers and practitioners aiming to extend the reach of existing evidence-based programs.
AB - Supplementing substance use prevention with sexual health education would allow educators to address the risk and protective factors that influence both health issues. This streamlined approach may minimize the inefficiencies of multisession, single-purpose interventions. Our team developed a supplemental sexual and reproductive health (SRH) unit to align with an existing evidence-based intervention, LifeSkills Training (LST). This goal of this article is to describe our process, final product, lessons learned, and future directions. Our partner-informed approach took place across three key phases: (1) formative insights, (2) unit development, and (3) pilot implementation. The final supplemental SRH unit is ten, 45-minute sessions offered to seventh- and eighth-grade students and includes a set of learning objectives that are aligned with individual sessions. The supplemental SRH unit also mirrors existing LST modules in length, flow, layout, facilitator instructions, focus on prevention, and utilization of a student workbook. Lessons learned include strategies to effectively incorporate a wide range of ongoing feedback from multiple sources and quickly respond to staff turnover. This partnership approach serves as a model for researchers and practitioners aiming to extend the reach of existing evidence-based programs.
KW - child/adolescent health
KW - health education
KW - school health
KW - sexual health
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U2 - 10.1177/1524839920947683
DO - 10.1177/1524839920947683
M3 - Article
C2 - 32755259
AN - SCOPUS:85089033107
SN - 1524-8399
VL - 23
SP - 109
EP - 117
JO - Health Promotion Practice
JF - Health Promotion Practice
IS - 1
ER -