Date: March 17, 2017
Making Evidence-Based Sexual Health Education Work in Schools (MESHEWS) is a companion to the PSBA-GTO manual, building on the PSBA-GTO process to reflect the unique needs of education agencies. In particular, it adds and tailors guidance related to the following tasks:
- Using data to select schools with students at disproportionate risk of teen pregnancy and STI/HIV for program implementation;
- Assessing district and school readiness and capacity to implement sexuality education programs;
- Using evidence to select and adapt curricula or other programmatic strategies that best match student needs and school capacity;
- Aligning programs with school priorities, policies, laws, and standards;
- Engaging stakeholders with the unique needs of the school system in mind; and
- Developing a realistic plan to measure success in light of potential capacity constraints.
MESHEWS embeds this guidance within the PSBA-GTO framework, but also expands upon the framework to include more information about assessing readiness and engaging stakeholders.
Download the full publication below and Word versions of the worksheets here (ZIP file).
Citation: Sedivy, V., Rolleri, L., and Lesesne, C. (2017). Making Evidence-Based Sexual Health Education Work in Schools: A Companion to the Promoting Science-Based Approaches to Teen Pregnancy Prevention Using the Getting to Outcomes (PSBA-GTO Manual) (MESHEWS). Baltimore, MD: Healthy Teen Network.
