Abstinence Education.

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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