Effectiveness of the “Baby Think It Over” Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program
[2023-07-09 01:11:45]
In order to reduce teenage pregnancy, the school has purchased a program called "Baby Think It Over". However, experience, especially validity data of experimental procedures is rare. In this study, the program determined whether attitudes of participants to parenting, sexual behavior, contraceptive behavior changed in relation to avoiding teenage pregnancies. Development of measurement tools is part of that purpose. The study also showed a conscious view of the effectiveness of their teenagers and their influence on infants through tale questioning. Participants were experimental (n = 151) and control (n = 62), mainly white, middle class, high school students in the suburbs (average age = 16.2 years). The quasi-experimental part of the study failed to reveal the statistically significant effect. Story data reveals several positive and important program effects
Out and Lafreniere (2001) studied the effectiveness of a baby simulator called Baby Think it Over. The purpose of the program is to influence attitudes towards teens pregnancy and adolescents' child rearing. I am 11th grade of 114 people (90 women, 24 men) who participated in the research. The student received a simulated crying doll for two days, two nights, or three days and three nights. They answered questions about their attitudes, behavior, adolescent pregnancy, contraception, knowledge of birth, and susceptibility to unexpected pregnancy before and after raising dolls. Adolescents in the intervention group (M = 12.47, SD = 67) were thought to be more susceptible to unplanned pregnancies than young people in the control group (M = 10.79, SD = 47). There are no major differences between the other five categories. (Out & Lafreniere, 2001)
In order to reduce teenage pregnancy, the school has purchased a program called "Baby Think It Over". However, experience, especially validity data of experimental procedures is rare. In this study, the program determined whether attitudes of participants to parenting, sexual behavior, contraceptive behavior changed in relation to avoiding teenage pregnancies. Development of measurement tools is part of that purpose. This study also showed a conscious view of the effectiveness of their teenagers and their influence on infants through tale questioning. Participants were experimental (n = 151) and control (n = 62), mainly white, middle class, high school students in the suburbs (average age = 16.2 years). The quasi-experimental part of the study failed to reveal the statistically significant effect. Story data reveals several positive and important program effects