Developing and disseminating a self-sustaining program: the experience of Positive Prevention PLUS
Developing and disseminating a self-sustaining program: the experience of Positive Prevention PLUS
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Series Title(s):
- Sustainability case study
- Author(s):
- Keating, Betsy, author
Asheer, Subuhi, author
Knab, Jean, author - Contributor(s):
- United States. Department of Health and Human Services, issuing body.
United States. Office of Adolescent Health, issuing body. - Publication:
- [Washington, D.C.] : Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Adolescent Health, February 2018
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Pregnancy in Adolescence -- prevention & control
Sexually Transmitted Diseases -- prevention & control
Curriculum
United States - Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- Federal funding, such as the Office of Adolescent Health's (OAH) Teen Pregnancy Prevention (TPP) program, can help identify and provide short-term support for promising new approaches in teen pregnancy prevention. Some of this funding is designed for refining key components such as staff training, testing the program to understand its effectiveness, and expanding the program's reach. However, federal grants are limited and competitive, so grantees must look for reliable alternative strategies to sustain their programs in the long-term. In 2015, OAH launched a three-year effort to explore the key factors that affect program sustainability and identify the strategies that former OAH grantees have successfully employed to sustain their programs (see About OAH's Sustainability Study). Positive Prevention PLUS is an HIV/STD and teen pregnancy prevention curriculum originally developed by two health educators in California for delivery in schools. The office of San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools (SBCSS) in California hired one of the developers to help run statewide training on an early version of their curriculum. Based on this experience, the developers partnered with SBCSS to apply for a grant through OAH's TPP program in 2010. Under this grant, they implemented and rigorously evaluated Positive Prevention PLUS in 21 high schools in southeastern California. Since the grant ended in 2015, the developers have been able to sustain Positive Prevention PLUS through ongoing sales of the program to schools and districts around the country. This case study highlights the experiences of the developers of Positive Prevention PLUS, their partnership with SBCSS, and the steps they took to develop a self-sustaining program.
- Copyright:
- The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (4 pages, 1 unnumbered page))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101777700 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101777700