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Originally designed for African-American youth, YAPP aims to prevent STDs,
HIV/AIDS, and substance abuse among high-risk junior high school students.
Guiding the program is the social influence model of behavioral change, which
targets teens' knowledge, attitudes, intentions, and behaviors regarding
high-risk activities. The intervention includes ten sessions for 7th grade
students, delivered in regularly scheduled health or science classes, and a
five-part booster session offered one year later, when the teens have entered
8th grade. Classes cover transmission and prevention of STDs and HIV/AIDS, the
importance of using condoms for those who choose to have sex, and the
development of decision-making and resistance/negotiation skills. In addition
to lectures and class discussions, active learning is emphasized, with
opportunities for students to participate in small group exercises and role
plays. There are also homework activities and opportunities for parental
involvement. A field study of the intervention was conducted in fifteen
high-risk school districts in Chicago. Research focused on the group of
students who first became sexually active during the study period. Following
the booster session, these students were more likely than a control group of
peers to report using condoms with foam; they also expressed greater intention
to use condoms with foam in the future.
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