An exciting new finding in the effort to prevent teen pregnancy (but a replication study is needed)
Highlights: We review a rare teen pregnancy prevention program—Teen Options to Prevent Pregnancy (TOPP)—that has credible evidence of a major effect on pregnancies and births. A recent federally-funded randomized controlled trial found that TOPP reduced the pregnancy...If at first you succeed, try again!
Highlights: We review a randomized controlled trial (RCT) of Honest Opportunity Probation with Enforcement (HOPE), a program for probationers that provides swift and certain sanctions—such as brief jail time—for any probation violation. This was a replication RCT,...Promising new evidence in the effort to prevent youth crime
Highlights: We review a randomized controlled trial (RCT) of Reading for Life, a mentoring and character development program for juvenile offenders. Our review found this to be a well-conducted RCT, showing that the program reduced the rate of subsequent re-arrests....An effective program for preventing unintended pregnancies? Not so fast.
Highlights: We review a randomized controlled trial (RCT) of a program designed to prevent unintended pregnancies among young women. The study was published in a leading, peer-reviewed scientific journal—The Lancet—and generated significant attention, including...Showing 5 of 25 Reviews