Office of Adolescent Pregnancy Programs, US Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD 20852, USA.
Am J Public Health. 2012 Oct;102(10):1826-32. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.300871. Epub 2012 Aug 16.
Adolescent parents and their children are at increased risk for adverse short- and long-term health and social outcomes. Effective interventions are needed to support these young families. We studied the evidence base and found a dearth of rigorously evaluated programs. Strategies from successful interventions are needed to inform both intervention design and policies affecting these adolescents. The lack of rigorous evaluations may be attributable to inadequate emphasis on and sufficient funding for evaluation, as well as to challenges encountered by program evaluators working with this population. More rigorous program evaluations are urgently needed to provide scientifically sound guidance for programming and policy decisions. Evaluation lessons learned have implications for other vulnerable populations.
青少年父母及其子女面临着短期和长期健康和社会后果不良的风险增加。需要有效的干预措施来支持这些年轻家庭。我们研究了证据基础，发现严格评估的项目很少。需要从成功的干预措施中汲取策略，为这些青少年的干预设计和政策提供信息。缺乏严格的评估可能归因于对评估的重视不足和资金不足，以及从事这一人群工作的方案评估人员所遇到的挑战。迫切需要进行更严格的方案评估，为方案编制和政策决策提供科学合理的指导。吸取的评估经验教训对其他弱势群体具有启示意义。
