Be Proud! Be Responsible!
An Effective Practice
Description
Be Proud! Be Responsible!, a collection of three curricula, was developed to help reduce HIV-risk-associated sexual behavior among low-income African American adolescents. The curricula -- Be Proud! (a five-hour safer-sex intervention, made up of six 50-minute modules), Making Proud Choices! (an 8-hour, multi-module, safer-sex intervention), and Making a Difference! (an 8-hour, multi-module, abstinence-based intervention) -- were designed to be educational and, at the same time, entertaining and culturally sensitive. The curricula involve group discussions, videos, games, brainstorming, experiential exercises, and skill-building activities.
Goal / Mission
The curricula aim to increase participants' knowledge about the risks of various behaviors and educate participants on how condoms and/or abstinence can effectively be used to lower those risks.
Results / Accomplishments
Three studies have evaluated the various curricula of the Be Proud! Be Responsible! program. Program participants were generally less likely to engage in risky sex behaviors and were less sexually active overall than the control groups.
About this Promising Practice
Organization(s)
Select Media
Primary Contact
Beth Wachter
Select Media, Inc.
270 Lafayette Street, 8th Floor
New York, New York 10012
800 707 6334
Beth@selectmedia.org
http://www.selectmedia.org/
Select Media, Inc.
270 Lafayette Street, 8th Floor
New York, New York 10012
800 707 6334
Beth@selectmedia.org
http://www.selectmedia.org/
Topics
Health / Immunizations & Infectious Diseases
Health / Adolescent Health
Health / Adolescent Health
Organization(s)
Select Media
Source
Promising Practices Network
Date of publication
Sep 2003
Date of implementation
1992
Geographic Type
Urban
Location
Philadelphia, PA and Trenton, NJ
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Target Audience
Teens