Using theater arts to engage Latino families in dialogue about adolescent sexual health: the PATH -AT program.
This paper describes the Promoting Alternatives for Teen Health through Artes Teatro (PATH-AT) program, a peer-led, after-school, abstinence-based education intervention, targeting Latino/a youth at risk for teenage pregnancy and their parents. A distinguishing trait of the program is the use of theater arts to engage program participants with program content.
Department of Psychology at California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA 92831, USA. Kcausey@fullerton.edu
Kayla
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Causey
Martha
M
Zuniga
Bonnie
B
Bailer
Lori
L
Ring
Laura
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Gil-Trejo
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D004324:Drama; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000208:ethnology / Q000517:prevention & control; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations / Q000208:ethnology*; D010379:Peer Group; D011247:Pregnancy; D011253:Pregnancy in Adolescence / Q000208:ethnology / Q000517:prevention & control; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012572:School Health Services; D012736:Sex Education / Q000379:methods*; D012746:Sexual Abstinence / Q000208:ethnology; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000208:ethnology; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000208:ethnology / Q000517:prevention & control