OPA Publications

OPA Publications include reports and briefs from implementation and impact evaluations and an economic evaluation. Materials in development or produced before June 2019 were authored by the Office of Adolescent Health (OAH).

Teen Pregnancy Prevention

• Successful Approaches to Engage Parents in Programs to Prevent Teen Pregnancy - PDF (August 2020): Teen pregnancy prevention programs are increasingly working to engage parents because it could improve outcomes for youth. This brief explores the strategies OPA TPP grantees used to successfully engage parents in their programming.
• Understanding How Components of An Intervention Can Influence Outcomes - PDF (March 2020): Teen pregnancy prevention programs often have many program components that make up an intervention. This brief describes the foundational elements of program components analysis, potential types of research questions about how program components influence outcomes, analytic approaches for answering those research questions, and reporting and interpretation.

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Systematic Reviews

• Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs for American Indian and Alaska Native Youth - PDF (January 2020)

Meta-Analysis of Federally Funded TPP Programs

• Meta-Analysis of Federally Funded Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs: Research Brief - PDF (November 2019)
• Meta-Analysis of Federally Funded Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs: Final Report - PDF (November 2019)
• Meta-Analysis of Federally Funded Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs: Technical Supplement - PDF (November 2019)

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Economic Evaluation

• Overview of Cost Study Findings - PDF (September 2017) 

Expectant and Parenting Youth

• Pregnancy Assistance Fund Evaluation Descriptive Study Report - PDF (February 2018)
• New Heights Impact Brief - PDF (June 2017)
• New Heights Implementation Brief - PDF (June 2017)
• Sustaining Programs for Expectant and Parenting Teens: Lessons Learned from Former Pregnancy Assistance Fund Grantees - PDF (May 2017) 
• New Heights Impact and Implementation Report - PDF (April 2017)
• AIM 4 Teen Moms Final Impact Report - PDF (February 2017)
• Teen Options to Prevent Pregnancy (T.O.P.P.) Final Impact Report - PDF (July 2016)
• AIM 4 Teen Moms Interim Impact Report - PDF (December 2015)
• Teen Options to Prevent Pregnancy (T.O.P.P.) Interim Impact Report - PDF (December 2015)
• Teen Options to Prevent Pregnancy (T.O.P.P.) Executive Summary - Implementation Report - PDF (July 2014)
• Teen Options to Prevent Pregnancy (T.O.P.P.) Implementation Report - PDF (July 2014)
• AIM 4 Teen Moms Executive Summary - Implementation Report (May 2014)
• AIM 4 Teen Moms Implementation Report - PDF (February 2014)

2019

• Examining the Effects of an Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Program by Risk Profiles: A More Nuanced Approach to Program Evaluation

2018

• ¡Cuídate! Final Impact Report (October 2018)
• ¡Cuídate! Final Impact Brief (October 2018)
• Reducing the Risk Final Impact Report (October 2018)
• Reducing the Risk Final Impact Brief (October 2018)
• Safer Sex Intervention Final Impact Report (October 2018)
• Safer Sex Intervention Final Impact Brief (October 2018)
• Sustaining Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs: Lessons Learned from Former OAH Grantees - PDF (February 2018)
• Developing and disseminating a self-sustaining program: The experience of Positive Prevention PLUS - PDF (February 2018)
• Making a little go a long way: The experience of Sasha Bruce Youthwork  - PDF (February 2018)