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Implementation of Community-Wide Initiatives Designed to Reduce Teen Pregnancy: Measuring Progress in a 5-Year Project in 10 Communities

Implementing Community-Wide Teen Pregnancy Prevention Initiatives – Journal of Adolescent Health supplement

From 2010 to 2015, CDC, the federal Office of Adolescent Health (OAH), and the Office of Population Affairs collaborated to demonstrate the effectiveness of innovative, multicomponent, community-wide initiatives in reducing rates of teen pregnancy and births in communities with the highest rates, with a focus on reaching African American and Latino or Hispanic young people aged 15 to 19 years.

Nine state- and community-based organizations and five national organizations were funded through the 5-year cooperative agreement, Teenage Pregnancy Prevention: Integrating Services, Programs, and Strategies through Community-Wide Initiatives.

The five national organizations provided training and technical assistance to the nine implementing state and community-based organizations. The state- and community-based grantees, in turn, provided training and technical assistance to youth-serving organizations and partners to carry out activities within several key components:

  • Community Mobilization
  • Stakeholder Education
  • Evidence-Based Programs
  • Increasing Youth Access to Quality Sexual and Reproductive Health Services
  • Working with Diverse Communities to Promote Health Equity