TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rossi,Isabella E.
TI  - Abstinence Education
T2  - Health Psychology Research Focus
SN  - 9781617281198
AV  - HQ31 -- .A312 2009eb 
U1  - 306.73/208350973 
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Hauppauge
PB  - Nova Science Publishers, Incorporated
KW  - Teenagers -- Sexual behavior -- United States
KW  - Sexual abstinence -- Study and teaching -- United States
KW  - Sexual abstinence -- Study and teaching -- United States -- Evaluation
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- ABSTINENCE EDUCATION -- ABSTINENCE EDUCATION -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1    EFFORTS TO ASSESS THE ACCURACY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF FEDERALLY FUNDED PROGRAMS* -- WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY -- WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS -- WHAT GAO FOUND -- ABBREVIATIONS -- LETTER -- RESULTS IN BRIEF -- BACKGROUND -- The State Program -- The Community-Based Program -- The AFL Program -- Funding for Abstinence-Until-Marriage Education Has Increased -- Federal Agency Responsibilities Related to Abstinence-until-Marriage Education -- ACF -- OPA -- CDC -- ASPE -- NIH -- FEDERAL AND STATE EFFORTS TO ASSESS THE SCIENTIFIC ACCURACY OF MATERIALS USED IN ABSTINENCE-UNTIL-MARRIAGE EDUCATION PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN LIMITED -- ACF does not Review Program Materials for Scientific Accuracy and does not Require Grantees to do so, though Some State Grantees have Conducted Such Reviews -- OPA Reviews Materials Used by AFL Program Grantees  for Scientific Accuracy -- A VARIETY OF EFFORTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO ASSESS  THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ABSTINENCE-UNTIL-MARRIAGE EDUCATION PROGRAMS, BUT A NUMBER OF FACTORS  LIMIT THE CONCLUSIONS -- HHS, States, and Researchers Have Made a Variety of Efforts to Assess the Effectiveness of Abstinence-until-Marriage Education Programs -- ACF and OPA Have Required Grantee Reporting of Data on Outcomes -- ACF uses national data on adolescent behavior as a measure of the overall effectiveness of its two programs -- Some states have made additional efforts to assess the effectiveness  of abstinenceuntil-marriage education programs -- ASPE, CDC, and NIH are funding studies designed to assess  the effectiveness of abstinence-until-marriage education programs -- Other researchers have also made efforts to assess the effectiveness  of abstinenceuntil-marriage education programs; Several Factors Limit the Conclusions That Can Be Drawn about the Effectiveness of Abstinence-until-Marriage Education Programs -- Experts have developed criteria to evaluate efforts to assess abstinence-until-marriage education programs -- Most efforts to assess the effectiveness of abstinenceuntil-marriage education programs have not used an experimental or quasi- experimental design -- Most efforts to assess the effectiveness of abstinenceuntil-marriage education programs have not measured behavioral or biological outcomes -- Results of some scientifically valid assessment efforts have varied, and other key studies have not been completed -- CONCLUSIONS -- RECOMMENDATION FOR EXECUTIVE ACTION -- AGENCY COMMENTS AND OUR EVALUATION -- List of Requesters -- APPENDIX I: HRSA'S TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CONTRACT FOR ABSTINENCE EDUCATION -- HRSA Used Full and Open Competition Procedures to Award  the Contract to NAC -- HRSA Identified No Actual or Potential Organizational Conflicts of Interest -- APPENDIX II: METHODOLOGY FOR IDENTIFYING  AND REVIEWING RESEARCH STUDIES -- APPENDIX IV: GAO CONTACT AND STAFF ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- GAO CONTACT -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- GAO'S MISSION -- OBTAINING COPIES OF GAO REPORTS AND TESTIMONY -- Order by Mail or Phone -- TO REPORT FRAUD, WASTE, AND ABUSE IN FEDERAL PROGRAMS -- CONGRESSIONAL RELATIONS -- PUBLIC AFFAIRS -- Chapter 2    ASSESSING THE ACCURACY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF FEDERALLY FUNDED PROGRAMS* -- WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY -- WHAT GAO FOUND -- Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee -- BACKGROUND -- FEDERAL AND STATE EFFORTS TO ASSESS THE SCIENTIFIC ACCURACY OF MATERIALS USED IN ABSTINENCE-UNTIL-MARRIAGE EDUCATION PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN LIMITED -- ACF Neither Reviewed Nor Required Grantees to Review Program Materials for Scientific Accuracy, Although Some State Grantees had Conducted Such Reviews; OPA Reviewed Materials Used by AFL Program Grantees  for Scientific Accuracy -- A VARIETY OF EFFORTS WERE MADE TO ASSESS  THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ABSTINENCE-UNTIL-MARRIAGE EDUCATION PROGRAMS, BUT A NUMBER OF FACTORS  LIMIT THE CONCLUSIONS THAT CAN BE DRAWN -- HHS, States, and Researchers Have Made a Variety of Efforts to Assess the Effectiveness of Abstinence-Until-Marriage  Education Programs -- Several Factors Limit the Conclusions That Can Be Drawn about  the Effectiveness of Abstinence-Until-Marriage Education Programs -- STATUTORY REQUIREMENT TO INCLUDE INFORMATION ON CONDOM EFFECTIVENESS WOULD APPLY TO CERTAIN ABSTINENCE-UNTIL-MARRIAGE EDUCATION MATERIALS -- CONTACT AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- GAO'S MISSION -- OBTAINING COPIES OF GAO REPORTS AND TESTIMONY -- Order by Mail or Phone -- TO REPORT FRAUD, WASTE, AND ABUSE IN FEDERAL PROGRAMS -- CONGRESSIONAL RELATIONS -- PUBLIC AFFAIRS -- Chapter 3    TESTIMONY ON DHHS ABSTINENCE EDCUCATION PROGRAMS BEFORE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND GOVERNMENT REFORM* -- WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 2008 -- Background: HHS' Comprehensive Strategy -- Background: Abstinence Education Programs -- Evaluation of Abstinence Education Programs -- Progress in Administration of Abstinence Education Programs -- Chapter 4    REPORT RELEASED ON FOUR TITLE V ABSTINENCE EDUCATION PROGRAMS* -- BACKGROUND -- SUMMARY OF MAJOR FINDINGS -- IMPLICATIONS FOR ABSTINENCE EDUCATION -- Chapter 5    SCIENTIFIC EVALUATIONS OF APPROACHES TO PREVENT TEEN PREGNANCY* -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- BACKGROUND -- SCIENTIFIC EVALUATION OF TEEN PREGNANCY PREVENTION APPROACHES -- ACCORDING TO THE REPORT -- EXPERIMENTALLY DESIGNED STUDIES OF EFFECTIVE COMPREHENSIVE SEXUAL EDUCATION PREGNANCY PREVENTION PROGRAMS -- AN ABSTINENCE-ONLY INTERVENTION VERSUS  AN ABSTINENCE MESSAGE -- INDEX -- Blank Page
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