title: Stakeholder Education and Community Mobilization Garner Support for Sex Education.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio UT Teen Health (UTTH) implemented a community-wide teen pregnancy prevention (TPP) initiative in south San Antonio. This article describes how UTTH staff educated community stakeholders and mobilized community members to support implementation of evidence-based TPP interventions.
  
  
  METHODS
  UTTH educated key stakeholders about the need for TPP efforts, strong local support for such efforts, and the value of evidence-based interventions (EBIs). The process of stakeholder education and partnership development leading to implementation of EBIs was lengthy with, for example, an average of 11 meetings and 13.5 months between the initial meeting and formal approval of EBI implementation among school partners. UTTH also mobilized the community by engaging community members on leadership teams that actively supported the initiative efforts.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Partnerships to implement EBIs were developed with 16 middle and high schools across five local school districts, two divisions of the juvenile justice system, and five youth-serving organizations. From 2011 to 2015, more than 12,500 youth (51% female) aged 11 to 19 years received EBIs. Of the total served, 95% were served through partnerships with local schools, 4% by juvenile justice, and 1% by youth-serving organizations.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Engaging and educating members of the community require notable time and resource investments up front; however, once strong partnerships are built, there is an ongoing opportunity to reach youth. In south San Antonio, schools provided the opportunity to reach the largest numbers of youth.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, UT Teen Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas. Electronic address: Plastino@uthscsa.edu.
authors.forename: Kristen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Plastino
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, UT Teen Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas.
authors.forename: Jennie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Quinlan
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, UT Teen Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas.
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Todd
authors.affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.
authors.forename: Heather D
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Tevendale
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003153:Community Health Services / Q000379:methods*; D005006:Ethnicity; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011253:Pregnancy in Adolescence / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012736:Sex Education / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Community mobilization; Community-wide initiative; Evidence-based interventions; Latino; Schools; Stakeholder education; Teen pregnancy prevention; Youth