Education, Training, and Research Associates

Intervention Name: Rigorous Evaluation of the Teen Talk High School Refresher

Project Overview: Education, Training, and Research Associates (ETR), along with implementation partner Health Connected, will rigorously evaluate the Teen Talk High School Refresher (TTHSR) booster program, designed to equip students in 11th and 12th grade with the knowledge and skills necessary to make informed sexual health decisions as they transition from high school into adulthood. The project’s goal is to test the effectiveness of TTHSR in preventing behavioral risk factors underlying unintended teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections among youth living in rural communities in California. Using a rights-based, social justice-informed approach, TTHSR focuses on healthy relationships and self-advocacy in a consolidated 5-hour intervention. 

Intervention Population of Focus: Rural youth ages 16-19 in California

Intervention Type (e.g., curriculum, web-based, training, other): Curriculum