title: Practical experience from the Office of Adolescent Health's large scale implementation of an evidence-based Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program.
abstract: After 3 years of experience overseeing the implementation and evaluation of evidence-based teen pregnancy prevention programs in a diversity of populations and settings across the country, the Office of Adolescent Health (OAH) has learned numerous lessons through practical application and new experiences. These lessons and experiences are applicable to those working to implement evidence-based programs on a large scale. The lessons described in this paper focus on what it means for a program to be implementation ready, the role of the program developer in replicating evidence-based programs, the importance of a planning period to ensure quality implementation, the need to define and measure fidelity, and the conditions necessary to support rigorous grantee-level evaluation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Secretary, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, Office of Adolescent Health, Rockville, Maryland. Electronic address: Amy.Margolis@hhs.gov.
authors.forename: Amy Lynn
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Margolis
authors.affiliation: Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Secretary, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Rockville, Maryland.
authors.forename: Allison Yvonne
authors.initials: AY
authors.lastname: Roper
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D016497:Adolescent Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D055317:Evidence-Based Practice / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D005260:Female; D006284:Health Plan Implementation / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011253:Pregnancy in Adolescence / Q000517:prevention & control*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012736:Sex Education / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D014481:United States
keywords: Adolescent health; Evidence-based programs; Program implementation; Teen pregnancy