TY - JOUR
T1 - Using intervention mapping for program design and production of iCHAMPSS
T2 - An online decision support system to increase adoption, implementation, and maintenance of evidence-based sexual health programs
AU - Peskin, Melissa F.
AU - Hernandez, Belinda F.
AU - Gabay, Efrat K.
AU - Cuccaro, Paula
AU - Li, Dennis H.
AU - Ratliff, Eric
AU - Reed-Hirsch, Kelly
AU - Rivera, Yanneth
AU - Johnson-Baker, Kimberly
AU - Emery, Susan Tortolero
AU - Shegog, Ross
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors thank Lionel Santib??ez for his editorial assistance. A modified version of this paper was originally published as a case study in Bartholomew Eldredge et al. (44) (Bartholomew 4e Book Companion Site, Jossey Bass 2016). Permission has been granted to publish this work from Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA, USA. Earlier versions of Table 1 and Figures 1 and 2 were published in Hernandez et al. (25). Permission has been obtained to publish these tables and figures from Dr. Christopher Greely, Editor-in-Chief. Figure 4 was published in Hernandez et al. (55). Permission has been obtained to publish this figure from SAGE Publications. This study was supported by a grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U48DP001949), Office of Adolescent Health (OAH), and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (grant number FTP1AH000072).
PY - 2017/8/11
Y1 - 2017/8/11
N2 - In Texas and across the United States, unintended pregnancy, HIV, and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among adolescents remain serious public health issues. Sexual risk-taking behaviors, including early sexual initiation, contribute to these public health problems. Over 35 sexual health evidence-based programs (EBPs) have been shown to reduce sexual risk behaviors and/or prevent teen pregnancies or STIs. Because more than half of these EBPs are designed for schools, they could reach and impact a considerable number of adolescents if implemented in these settings. Most schools across the U.S. and in Texas, however, do not implement these programs. U.S. school districts face many barriers to the successful dissemination (i.e., adoption, implementation, and maintenance) of sexual health EBPs, including lack of knowledge about EBPs and where to find them, perceived lack of support from school administrators and parents, lack of guidance regarding the adoption process, competing priorities, and lack of specialized training on sexual health. Therefore, this paper describes how we used intervention mapping (Steps 3 and 4, in particular), a systematic design framework that uses theory, empirical evidence, and input from the community to develop CHoosing And Maintaining Effective Programs for Sex Education in Schools (iCHAMPSS), an online decision support system to help school districts adopt, implement, and maintain sexual health EBPs. Guided by this systematic intervention design approach, iCHAMPSS has the potential to increase dissemination of sexual health EBPs in school settings.
AB - In Texas and across the United States, unintended pregnancy, HIV, and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among adolescents remain serious public health issues. Sexual risk-taking behaviors, including early sexual initiation, contribute to these public health problems. Over 35 sexual health evidence-based programs (EBPs) have been shown to reduce sexual risk behaviors and/or prevent teen pregnancies or STIs. Because more than half of these EBPs are designed for schools, they could reach and impact a considerable number of adolescents if implemented in these settings. Most schools across the U.S. and in Texas, however, do not implement these programs. U.S. school districts face many barriers to the successful dissemination (i.e., adoption, implementation, and maintenance) of sexual health EBPs, including lack of knowledge about EBPs and where to find them, perceived lack of support from school administrators and parents, lack of guidance regarding the adoption process, competing priorities, and lack of specialized training on sexual health. Therefore, this paper describes how we used intervention mapping (Steps 3 and 4, in particular), a systematic design framework that uses theory, empirical evidence, and input from the community to develop CHoosing And Maintaining Effective Programs for Sex Education in Schools (iCHAMPSS), an online decision support system to help school districts adopt, implement, and maintain sexual health EBPs. Guided by this systematic intervention design approach, iCHAMPSS has the potential to increase dissemination of sexual health EBPs in school settings.
KW - Adolescents
KW - Dissemination
KW - Evidence-based
KW - Intervention mapping
KW - Sexual health
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U2 - 10.3389/fpubh.2017.00203
DO - 10.3389/fpubh.2017.00203
M3 - Article
C2 - 28848729
AN - SCOPUS:85045083689
VL - 5
JO - Frontiers in Public Health
JF - Frontiers in Public Health
SN - 2296-2565
IS - AUG
M1 - 203
ER -