Title: Advice from the field: youth employment programs and unintended pregnancy.

POPLINE Document Number: 276713

Author(s):

Grisham C

Source citation:

Washington, D.C., Center for Law and Social Policy [CLASP], 2003 Aug 27. 25 p.

Abstract:

CLASP(Center for Law and Social Policy) has worked for several years to bring attention to the role youth employment programs can play in addressing unintended pregnancy by conducting research projects (like the survey mentioned above) and by holding a meeting in June 2002 with individuals interested in these topics. At that meeting, CLASP brought together nationally renowned experts in both the pregnancy prevention and youth employment fields, local youth employment practitioners, as well as federal Department of Labor staff members, for a day-long meeting. Key lessons emerged from the meeting, including: 1) Collaboration and partnership by local community organizations is necessary for youth employment programs to successfully address unintended pregnancy among their program participants; and 2) Youth employment programs should better track the fertility outcomes of their participants in order to measure such outcomes against client needs, curricula development, and program retention. This report further explores the connection between the fields of pregnancy prevention and youth employment. It provides “advice from the field” from five youth employment providers about their efforts to combat unintended pregnancy and to provide family planning services. In addition, it includes interviews with two experts in the youth employment and teen pregnancy prevention fields, who provide advice and essential information for practitioners. This report is intended to provide “how-to’s” for staff in the youth employment field who wish to more innovatively integrate reproductive health education and unintended pregnancy prevention services into their programs. (excerpt)

Keywords:

United States
Field Report
KAP Surveys
Youth
Peer Educators
Employment
Pregnancy, Unplanned
Sex Education
Training Programs
Family Planning Education
Staff Attitude
Government Programs
Developed Countries
North America
Americas
Surveys
Sampling Studies
Studies
Research Methodology
Age Factors
Population Characteristics
Demographic Factors
Population
Education
Macroeconomic Factors
Economic Factors
Reproductive Behavior
Fertility
Population Dynamics
Attitude
Psychological Factors
Behavior
Programs
Organization and Administration