title: Using the thoughts on teen parenting survey to determine the impact of Wise Guys.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this project was to determine if the Wise Guys program influences young men's perceptions of the impact a teen birth would have on their lives in the areas of relationships, vocation, and personal life.
  
  
  METHODS
  The Wise Guys program was implemented with 70 adolescent males. The Thoughts on Teen Parenting Survey was used to determine participants' perceptions of the costs and rewards associated with teen parenting.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Data, analyzed using paired t-tests, demonstrated that Wise Guys was effective in reinforcing less positive perceptions of teen parenting.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Wise Guys offers an important strategy to impact young men's perceptions about the teen parenting experience and provides one means to promote responsible sexual behavior in teen men.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA. jherrman@udel.edu
authors.forename: Judith W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Herrman
authors.forename: Christopher C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.forename: Regina
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sims
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001290:Attitude; D002648:Child; D003479:Curriculum; D005193:Family Planning Services / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008873:Mid-Atlantic Region; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D011159:Population Surveillance; D011247:Pregnancy; D011253:Pregnancy in Adolescence / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012941:Social Responsibility