Case Studies: Promoting Science Based Approaches to Teen Pregnancy Prevention Using Getting to Outcomes (PSBA-GTO)
Current Case Studies
- The Massachusetts Alliance on Teen Pregnancy (The Alliance)
- Health Care Education and Training, Inc. (HCET)
- The Pennsylvania Coalition to Prevent Teen Pregnancy (PCPTP)
- Center for Health Training/CHT Resource Group (CHT)
- Colorado Organization on Adolescent Pregnancy, Parenting and Prevention (COAPPP)
- Hawaii Youth Services Network (HYSN)
- The South Carolina
Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
(South Carolina Campaign)
About Promoting Science Based Approaches to Teen Pregnancy Prevention Using Getting to Outcomes (PSBA-GTO) Case Studies
The purpose of the Promoting Science Based Approaches-Getting to Outcomes (PSBA-GTO) Case Study series is to showcase real-life narratives of grantees’ successes and challenges in working through the PSBA-GTO steps with local partners. The case studies provide concrete examples of how the PSBA-GTO process can be successfully implemented.
Funded by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the PSBA-GTO program aims to increase the capacity of state and local organizations such as schools, health clinics, community based organizations, and other youth-serving organizations to use a science-based approach to prevent teen pregnancy. The program has developed a clear process for building capacity. This process connects essential steps for program planning, implementation, and evaluation and is designed for the field of teen pregnancy prevention. The PSBA-GTO process consists of ten steps including a needs and resource assessment, building a logic model to have clear concise goals, building internal and external capacity, implementation, process and outcome evaluation, and sustaining funded work.
The PSBA-GTO process is visualized as a cyclical process and organizations are encouraged to start at whichever step is most relevant for their current program/project. For example, those organizations who are thinking about starting a new program to prevent teen pregnancy in their community should start with Step 1. However, those organizations who are already implementing a program in their community might want to start with a later step such as the program evaluation step depending on what is most appropriate for their program. The PSBA-GTO process can serve as a helpful tool for making program changes and/or further program development.
Click here for more information on PSBA-GTO.
Click here for a brief review of the 10 steps of PSBA-GTO.
For more information about science based programs, please refer to Emerging Answers 2007 by Dr. Doug Kirby, What Helps, and What Works 2010.
About the Putting What Works to Work Project
Putting What Works to Work (PWWTW) is a project of The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy funded, in part, by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Through PWWTW, The National Campaign is translating research on teen pregnancy prevention and related issues into user-friendly materials for practitioners, policymakers, and advocates. As part of this initiative, the Promoting Science Based Approaches - Getting to Outcomes Case Study series summarizes real-life narratives of grantee-state’s success in working through particular GTO steps with local partners, and challenges that they overcame.
Funding Information
These case studies are supported by Grant Number U58/CCU324968-03 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of CDC.