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C4: Project Connect: Positive Effects of a Multi-level Social-Ecological Intervention for Adolescents | |||
| Organizer: | Patricia J Dittus | ||
| Moderator: | Peter Kerndt | ||
| Summary: | Background/Purpose: Intervening at social-ecological levels is increasingly recognized as important and appropriate for adolescent health promotion. The goal of Project Connect is to develop and evaluate a multi-level social-ecological approach to adolescent STD prevention, including interventions for parents and structural changes to school programs and health care. Objectives of Symposium: To present intervention-specific outcome data supporting the utility of this approach. Implications for Programs, Policy, and/or Research: Changing the social environment in which adolescents are embedded may have a powerful impact on their behavior and subsequent risk for STD. |
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| 10:15 AM | C4a | An Overview of Project Connect, a Multi-Level Social-Ecological Intervention to Improve Adolescent Health Through the Prevention of STDs, Including HIV, and Teen Pregnancy Kathleen A. Ethier | |
| 10:35 AM | C4b | Positive Impact of a Structural Intervention on Knowledge of and Use of School-Based Condom Availability Programs by Urban High School Students Emily Q. Chung | |
| 10:55 AM | C4c | Increase in Reproductive Health Care, STD Screening and HIV Testing Among High School Students Following School-Based Health Care Intervention Christine J. De Rosa | |
| 11:15 AM | C4d | A Practical, Feasible Parental Monitoring Intervention Increases Parents' Use of Rules About Friends and Dating for Urban Middle and High School Students Patricia J. Dittus | |