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Poster Reception #1

Program Design

Session: Poster Reception #1

107 - Amplifying Youth Voice in Teen Pregnancy Prevention Innovation: Using an Innovation Capacity Assessment, Youth Engagement Principles, and a Learning Agenda to Guide Bi-Directional Learning

Stream: Program Development and Design

Wednesday, October 23, 2024
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM PST
Abstract Information: Many young people are disenfranchised from or do not even have access to quality and engaging sexual health education in their schools and communities. As a response, the HHS Office of Population Affairs has provided 2 rounds of funding for innovation networks across the US to engage and support development teams to move new and engaging innovations through a pipeline from exploration and design to evaluation. A primary focus of the funding is amplifying youth voice in the development and implementation of programs that affect their sexual health. Providing support involves assessing and monitoring the “innovation” capacity of the development teams, including their ability to amplify youth voice in their processes, and creating a learning agenda for bi-directional learning about each network’s model for assessing capacity and providing support for identified needs. We present processes and tools for learning from and about youth-focused development teams, monitoring how they are amplifying youth voice, and assessing their journeys along an innovation pipeline.