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Making Pono Choices: A Collaborative Approach to Developing a Culturally Responsive Teen Pregnancy and Sexually Transmitted Infections Prevention Curriculum in Hawai‘i

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The overall extent of evidence-based culturally responsive health education programs targeting ethnic minority groups in Hawai‘i is limited. The few that do exist were adapted from models developed with other majority ethnic groups in mind and may not always be appropriate for Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander youth (Okamoto et al. in J Alcohol Drug Educ 54(1):56–75, 2010; Helm and Baker in J Ethn Cult Divers Soc Work 20(2):131–149, 2011; Po’a-Kekuawela et al. in J Ethn Cult Divers Soc Work 18(3):242–258, 2009). The need for a culturally responsive, evidence-based health curriculum is clear considering the large disparities reported among Hawaiian youth in health, academic achievement, and other identified risk factors. School-based health interventions are an opportunity not only to improve the physical well being of students, but also to increase their ability to learn and succeed in school. The University of Hawai‘i at Manoa-Center on Disability Studies (UH-CDS) received a highly competitive grant from the US Office of Adolescent Health to develop a teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted infection (STI) prevention curriculum for Hawai‘i middle school youth. The authors will detail a collaborative process that led to a culturally responsive sexual health curriculum for middle school youth designed to meet the rigorous standards of an evidenced-based review and more importantly reduce teen pregnancies and STI transmission.

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    Holly Manaseri, Denise Uehara & Kelly Roberts

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Manaseri, H., Uehara, D. & Roberts, K. Making Pono Choices: A Collaborative Approach to Developing a Culturally Responsive Teen Pregnancy and Sexually Transmitted Infections Prevention Curriculum in Hawai‘i. Matern Child Health J 18, 2332–2340 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10995-013-1395-6

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