Research
W2W Citations
Classroom Posters
W2W Healthy You Program
W2W Is Holistic, Health-Focused, Age-Appropriate, Medically-Accurate, Research-Based, Evidence-Informed, And Data Driven.
Proven Effectiveness
From fall of 2015 to spring 2020, over 15,000 middle school students and 5,000 high school students in West Michigan participated in Willing to Wait. At the beginning and the end of their involvement in the Willing to Wait program students were invited to complete a survey.
“The change in students’ responses from the pre-program survey to the post-program survey was so robust that it was also evident when we separately examined each of the three–sub-scales – those measuring attitudes, knowledge, and behavioral intentions. Furthermore, these increases remained statistically reliable when examining data from all sub-groups of students…” The Center for Social Research, 2015
The Center of Social Research, 2015.
Evidence Based
Sexual Health Research And Trends
Is SRA programming effective?
In 2010, U.S. Congress regrettably ended funding for 169 SRA studies in motion. Thankfully, 25 peer reviewed studies were able to completed. Here are the findings from those 25 programs and research showing additional 40 plus studies from the Department of Health and Human Services. (HHS) with early stage positive attitudinal impacts that tends to predict decreased sexual initiation rates. Click here to learn more
Benefits of Delayed Sexual Initiation: A synthesis of key-findings from 57 studies. Click here to learn more
Compared to their peers, students in SRA education programs are more likely to delay sexual initiation; if sexually active, more likely to discontinue or decrease their sexual activity; and no less likely to use a condom if they initiate sex. Click here to learn more
Is SRR programming effective?
While, Sexual Risk Reduction programs are not synonmous with Teen Pregnancy Prevention programming there is enough of an overlap to use the below findings as an indicator of SRR program effectiveness. Click here for summary and Click here for Tier II Report