The Health Promotion Resource Center (HPRC) at the Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) received funding in September 1997 under the Adolescent Family Life (ALF) Demonstration Grant Program to implement a community-based adolescent pregnancy prevention demonstration project in Fort Gaines (Clay County) Georgia, a small poor rural community along the Chattahoochee River near the Alabama state line. The project titled Project Right CHOICES is a character-building and life skills development program that teaches the social, psychological, and health gains to be realized by abstaining from sexual activity. The target population for this program was 100 - 150 elementary school students (grades 4 - 8; ages 9 - 14 years old) attending Clay County Elementary School in Fort Gaines, Georgia. Project Right CHOICES is a multi-component program that focuses on developing positive attributes in youth to help them achieve productive life outcomes.
Learning Objectives: Discuss implementation strategies of a successful multicomponent abstinence only education program for the prevention of teenage pregnancy in a poor rural community.
Keywords: Adolescents, Rural Populations
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Organization/institution whose products or services will be discussed: Morehouse School of Medicine
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.