Successful Programs

WOW have a look at these programs from some research published in 'The lancet'  listed below as successful programs that focus on risky behaviousrs of young people. Thanks to Medical News Today for posting this.




The Conditional Cash Transfer programs - In low-income countries these programs paid school fees and also gave approximately $10 per month to mothers to make sure that their children would go to school. This program resulted in less teenage pregnancies and more girls stayed in school.


The Gatehouse Project - This program focuses on building social, problem-solving and coping skills in school children and promoting positive classroom and school-wide environments. As a result less tobacco and substance use as well as delayed the onset of sexual intercourse in teenagers.


The Nurse-Family Partnership program - This program provides poor, first-time mothers with regular home. The program decreased the mothers' welfare use, smoking, and arrests and resulted in 43% less subsequent pregnancies. In addition, children of these mothers were less likely to drink when they grew up, had less sexual partners and were less likely to be arrested than children whose mothers did not participate in the program.


According to the researchers, the most difficult challenge is getting parents, schools and governments to buy into effective prevention policies and programs. They note that one option is to select local based programs, which can be evaluated with the Communities That Care youth survey.