About this resource:
Source: The Guide to Community Preventive Services
Last Reviewed: October 2007
The Community Preventive Services Task Force recommends youth development focused behavioral interventions coordinated with community service to reduce sexual risk behaviors in participating adolescents. Youth development behavioral interventions emphasize:
- Social, emotional, or cognitive competence training that promotes pro-social norms
- Improved decision making
- Self-determination
- Improved communication skills
- Positive bonding experiences between youth and their peers or non-parental role models
Community service may involve scheduled activities in one or more community settings.
Objectives related to this resource (2)
Little or no detectable change
Target met or exceeded
Suggested Citation
Guide to Community Preventive Services. (2007). HIV, Other STIs, and Teen Pregnancy: Youth Development Behavioral Interventions to Reduce Sexual Risk Behaviors in Adolescents Coordinated with – Community Service. Retrieved from https://www.thecommunityguide.org/findings/hivaids-other-stis-and-teen-pregnancy-youth-development-behavioral-interventions-reduce-2
