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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Evidence from the HHS Teen Pregnancy Prevention Evidence Review

About this resource:

HHS Non-systematic review

Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Last Reviewed: 2018

Workgroups: Family Planning Workgroup

This website provides information about the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Evidence Review. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services sponsored an independent systematic review of teen pregnancy prevention literature from 2009 to 2019 to identify programs with evidence of effectively reducing:

  • Teen pregnancy 
  • Sexually transmitted infections
  • Associated sexual risk behaviors

The site includes information about the review process and about the community programs and studies included in the review. 

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Objectives related to this resource (1)

Increase the proportion of adolescents who get formal sex education before age 18 years — FP‑08
Little or no detectable change

Suggested Citation

1.

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Office of Human Policy. (n.d.). Evidence from the HHS Teen Pregnancy Prevention Evidence Review. Retrieved from https://tppevidencereview.youth.gov/