Decline in Adolescent Pregnancy in the United States: A Success Not Shared by All

[...]these multiple risk factors may intertwine to produce serious, longterm, adverse life consequences for the affected adolescents. Modifications to the content, target populations, or settings for these interventions may affect the overall efficacy for these evidence-based approaches-that is, at some point the intervention may become sufficiently different from the tested model that it can no longer be considered evidence based. [...]additional research would be needed to test modified, precision-focused interventions for vulnerable adolescents-and that research is difficult and expensive. [...]interventions designed to help parents and other caregivers better monitor their adolescents' behavior can produce benefits for a variety of adolescent risk behaviors, including tobacco and alcohol use, risky sexual behaviors, violent behaviors, and unsafe driving.4 Similarly, approaches that focus on broad holistic and health-promoting strategies designed to build adolescents' self-confidence, provide adulthood preparation opportunities, increase educational and skills development opportunities, and improve physical and emotional health and well-being may also help adolescents avoid sexual and other types of risk behaviors.