Video for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention

Promises, Challenges, and Future Directions

Bibliographic Data

ID11034279
AuthorsJulie S Downs (0000-0003-2405-6837, Julie S. Downs is with the Department of Social and Decision Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA. Amie M. Ashcraft and Pamela J. Murray are with the Department of Pediatrics, West Virginia University, Morgantown.), Amie M Ashcraft (0000-0002-7466-7612, Julie S. Downs is with the Department of Social and Decision Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA. Amie M. Ashcraft and Pamela J. Murray are with the Department of Pediatrics, West Virginia University, Morgantown.), Pamela J Murray (0000-0003-2656-400X, Julie S. Downs is with the Department of Social and Decision Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA. Amie M. Ashcraft and Pamela J. Murray are with the Department of Pediatrics, West Virginia University, Morgantown.)
Year2016
Volume106
IssueS1
PagesS29-S31
Publication date2016-09-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2016.303428
PMID27689489
OpenAlexW2527605534
LanguageEN
References cited5

The authors reflect on the use of video recordings and Internet videos in adolescent pregnancy prevention interventions, and it mentions the cost effectiveness of video prevention programs, as well as information about a multi-site randomized controlled trials to evaluate the Seventeen Days interactive video intervention. Increased sexual abstinence and reduced condom failures are examined in relation to teenage pregnancy prevention programs. The limitations of technology are assessed

Environmental health · Family medicine · Pregnancy · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Homelessness and Social Issues · Medicine

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