History
Researchers at RAND and the University of South Carolina co-developed GTO initially to address substance abuse prevention. Subsequently, the model has been applied to a range of areas, such as teen pregnancy (Ten Steps to Promoting Science-Based Approaches [PSBA] to Teen Pregnancy Prevention Using GTO) and youth development (GTO with Developmental Assets). Research has demonstrated that agencies that use GTO are better able to carry out their services than those who do not. It is a framework that transcends a particular field, making it an ideal systematic framework for program implementation.
Healthy Teen Network introduced Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Reproductive Health (CDC DRH) Project Officers to GTO and played a catalytic role in persuading DRH to adopt GTO as its teen pregnancy prevention program implementation science framework. GTO offered a value-added component to integrate evidence-based approaches, improve quality, and strengthen capacity of all grantees and their local partners.
Whether you’re using GTO or another framework, you’ll probably find many similarities. GTO isn’t truly something new…you’re probably already doing many of the steps…rather, GTO is one example of a framework that provides an organized, clear, and systematic approach for developing, planning, implementing, evaluating, and sustaining our work.
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Getting to Outcomes, or GTO, is a framework that takes the details of selecting, implementing, and evaluating a program and lays it out in 10 steps. It may seem like a lot at first, but most organizations already do most of these steps. GTO is an easy to follow process that helps make sure you cover all of your bases, so you can demonstrate your success while planning for sustainability. There are 10 steps, but because GTO is a circular process to support continuous quality improvement and sustainability, you can enter the process where it makes the most sense for you:
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Gaining Support for Teen Families: Mapping the Perceptual Hurdles
October 8, 2014
Healthy Teen Network, along with a National Advisory Group, and the FrameWorks Institute have completed Phase One of a two year effort dedicated to identifying and implementing new ways of talking about pregnant and parenting teens to gain support for this population.
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