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Teen Talk Student/Teacher Evaluations
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Comments from Students

Teacher Responses

100% of teachers reported that they would like to have Teen Talk back in their classroom next year.

The vast majority of teachers scored the Health Educator as “High” in the following areas

• Knowledge of subject matter
• Presentation skills
• Sensitivity to students regarding topics
• Ability to discuss controversial issues
• Student participation

The vast majority of the teachers also scored the Teen Talk program as “High” in the following areas:

• Adequacy of curricula materials
• Materials grade level appropriateness
• Student’s interest in the program
• Appropriateness of topics/curricular goals for you/your school

Student Comments

97.7% of students reported that they would “recommend this program to other students.”

76.9% of 8 th grade students indicated that during the Teen Talk program they talked to a parent/adult about the topics addressed in the program and 52.1 % of high school students said they did.

97.3% of students said the health educator answered their questions. 87.% said the health educator handled the questions well and 88.6% said the health educator knew the topic well.

The majority of students indicated these were their favorite part of the program:

• Condom demonstration
• Teen Parent Panel
• Baseball game (review game)
• Question box
• Agree/Disagree activity (values activity)
• Talking about Birth Control
• All of it

In addition to the Teen Talk program students receive a teen parent panel presentation:

Approximately 105 panels were presented during the 2005-2006 school year at 25 different locations. Of those 25 locations, six were exclusively Teen Parent Panel presentations. We held a workshop for the 6 th Annual Young Women’s Health Conference in San Francisco sponsored by Senator Jackie Speier.

A random sample of approximately 1,000 assessments found the majority of students indicated learning the hardships of teen parenthood, the importance of using birth control, and healthy decision making. One student indicated, “One thing that I learned was that having a baby really changes your life,” and another student indicated, “I thought it would be so easy; I knew you would have to take care of it, but not like that.”

After hearing the teen parent speakers, 84% of the students reported that they are more likely to wait to have sexual intercourse (compared to 81% in 2003-2004). In addition, 99% reported that they were more likely to use birth control for fear of pregnancy and/or STD’s (compared to 96% in 2003-2004). Other testimonials from students indicated, “After hearing the teen parent speakers, I do think I am more likely to wait because it takes away your fun and educational time,” and, “Because hearing it from my peers who went through the experience really gets the message across in a way teacher lecturing never could.”

Male Involvement Program and Clinical Linkages

As a subcontractor to the County of San Mateo Health Services – State MIP grant, we provided the pregnancy prevention component using the “Streetwise to Sexwise” curriculum. Through this collaboration we served a total of 412 males in the court and community schools.