Independent Living Program - Florida's Center for Child Welfare

OUTCOME AREA NOT PROVEN TO WORK MIXED FINDINGS FOUND TO WORKUnintended or SubsequentPregnanciesParenting andFamily FormationParentingparticipating in the Skill-Based Interventionon Condom Use and control youth onnumber of sexual partners, rates of refusingsex without a condom, or rates of condomuse with steady partners.- Participants in the New Chance programhad shorter time periods, on average,between subsequent pregnancies thancontrols.- There were no differences in pregnancyrates between controls and those attendingthe Teenage Parent Demonstration (TPD).Furthermore, black program participants hadhigher birth rates than their controlcounterparts.participants were less likely than theircounterparts to redeem their coupons.- Youth participating in the Computer-Delivered Sexual Risk ReductionIntervention increased their condom useknowledge and their frequency of keepingcondoms handy but did not have greatermotivation to use condoms or more condomusebehavior skills relative to controls.- The Condom Intervention with Womenhad positive impacts on condom use intentionsand positive attitudes towards condoms.Intervention participants were alsosignificantly more likely than controls to carrycondoms; however there was no differenceacross groups on rates of purchasing condomsor discussing condom use with partners.- The Condom Promotion Videos forCollege Students led to greater condom useintentions and more positive attitudes towardscondoms among intervention participants.Additionally, intervention participants weremore likely to use condoms with regularpartners; however there were no differencesacross groups on condom use with casual sexpartners.- Black females participating in Youth Corpswere less likely to be pregnant than theircontrol counterparts at follow-up. However,these effects did not occur for other racial andethnic groups.- Women with multiple risk factorsparticipating in the Nurse-FamilyPartnership had fewer subsequentpregnancies and births and a longer timebetween the births of their first and secondchildren than their control counterparts;however these impacts did not occur for thefull sample.- The Social Learning Parent Trainingprogram decreased the number of problemsassociated with parenting risk, but did notimprove rates of praise, criticism, or negativebehaviors towards children.- There were lowered rates of unintendedpregnancies for youth participating in theFOCUS program.- Children with parents participating in theNurse-Family Partnership had fewer trips tothe emergency room and were less likely to besubject to child abuse and neglect than childrenwith control parents.- Infants with mothers participating in the12