Location
Greensboro, NC
About the Organization
Over the past six years, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) has established a consortium with the Family Life Council of Greater Greensboro, a private, non-profit organization, to develop, deliver, and evaluate male sexual and reproductive health education in Guilford County, NC. The consortium also includes Guilford Child Health, a medical service and reproductive health counseling provider. The target population includes Caucasian, African-American, Asian, and Native American males. (SPLIT)
Goal of the Project
The ultimate goal is to reduce mortality through prevention of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), unplanned pregnancies, and partner and child abuse.
Approach of the Project
The current project will continue this collaborative effort with presentations in middle schools (seventh and eighth graders) as well as to other community-based organizations and providers, and will expand to include three community-based facilitator groups in order to enhance capacity for community-directed educational interventions. The anticipated outcome of the project will be scientific documentation of the effectiveness of this comprehensive service model in changing the knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of adolescent, teen, and young adult males, leading to greater responsibility in their sexual and reproductive relationships. The program has its theoretical roots in the Health Belief Model.