Evaluation

Evaluation
Power Through Choices is a proven effective program and is widely recognized as an evidence-based program. The outcome findings documented a number of statistically significant changes in knowledge, attitude, intention, and behavior, providing strong evidence of effectiveness
Evidence-Based Program
Power Through Choices is a proven effective program and is widely recognized as an evidence-based program:
Impact Evaluation Report, 2016
Power Through Choices was evaluated as part of the federal Evaluation of Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Approaches (PPA) in collaboration with the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy, and its independent evaluators at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center and the University of Nevada, Reno. PPA was a national evaluation funded by the U.S. Health and Human Services Department (HHS) Office of Adolescent Health (OAH) to study the effectiveness of seventeen pregnancy prevention approaches. The PPA evaluation conducted random-assignment studies to provide rigorous evidence about program impacts, document implementation of the program, and generate insights about the successes and challenges of delivering innovative teen pregnancy prevention programs.
Data collection and analysis were completed in the summer of 2015. The final Impact Evaluation Report was released in September 2016. The outcome findings documented a number of statistically significant changes in knowledge, attitude, intention, and behavior, providing strong evidence of effectiveness.

More knowledge of HIV, STIs, and birth control

Felt more equipped to communicate with partner(s)

Felt more equipped to plan for/avoid unprotected sex

Felt more equipped to obtain birth control

Lower rates of sexual activity

Less likely to report having sex without birth control

Less likely to be involved in a pregnancy
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Learn More
Check out these resources, briefs, reports, and presentations about Power Through Choices.
Get It Now: Curriculum Materials
Power Through Choices is available for purchase now. Materials include everything you need to implement the curriculum with young people.
Print Materials
With your purchase, you’ll receive a print copy of the following materials in a three-ring binder.
- Session plans
- Facilitator notes
- Handouts
Digital Downloads
With your purchase, you will also receive a link to download a digital copy of the documents needed for implementation:
- Survey tool for youth participants
- Certificates of completion template
- Power Through Choices style guide
- Slideshow template for the sessions on STIs and anatomy
Optional Training-of-Facilitators
As of September 2023, the Power Through Choices Training-of-Facilitators is encouraged but not required. After purchasing the curriculum, you have the option to enroll in a virtual Power Through Choices Training-of-Facilitators within one year of purchase, at no additional cost (training fee is included in the cost of the curriculum). We offer these trainings virtually twice a year.
Ordered your curriculum already? Check out our events calendar to find the next training date. Or, let us know how we can help.
Quick Look
Power Through Choices is an evidence-based sexual health education program specifically designed for adolescents ages 13–18 involved in systems of care.

10, 90-Minute Sessions

For Young People, Ages 13-18, Involved in Systems of Care

Trauma-Informed

Choice-Focused

Evidence-Based Program

Based in Theory

Self-Empowering

LGBTQ+-Inclusive

Implement in a Wide Range of Settings

For Groups of 8-20 Participants
Read on to learn more about the curriculum including evaluation findings, adaptations, facilitator resources, and training.
Facilitation Resources & Training
Ready to go? We’ve got the resources, training, and support you need to implement Power Through Choices.
Upcoming Events
Power Through Choices: Training-of-Facilitators
October 27-30, 2025
Ready to implement the only proven effective curriculum designed for and with youth involved in systems of care?
We’ll train your facilitators to implement the evidence-based program, Power Through Choices, with young people. Check out the information for the next training.
When you purchase a copy of the Power Through Choices curriculum, you also receive a “seat” in a virtual Training-of-Facilitators, which must be redeemed within one year of the curriculum purchase. We offer these trainings virtually twice a year.
Alternatively, we may also be available to come to you to train your staff, on-site (at an additional cost). If you have at least 12 health educators ready to implement Power Through Choices, this may be the option for you!
Training-of-Facilitator participants get the background and practice they need to be ready to implement the program with quality and fidelity. Ongoing technical assistance to make adaptations and support implementation is also available.
Want to know more? Let’s talk!
In Solidarity
October 6-8, 2025
We shine our brightest—together.
In solidarity, we turn silence into support, hesitation into harmony.
In solidarity, we commit to healing, caring for ourselves and each other.
In solidarity, we build community and make movements, defying what seeks to divide us.
In solidarity, we seek joy and justice, especially when the weight of the world seems too heavy to bear alone.
In solidarity, we discover action in anger, radiance in resistance.
Join us in Atlanta for #HealthyTeen25. In this extraordinary city, we’ll draw lessons from movements everywhere and those who’ve come before us. We’ll look inward, reflecting on our own roles in the age-old struggles for truth, justice, and liberation. We’ll uncover new ways to channel support for sexual and reproductive health care and education into shared purpose and lasting change. Ready to rise at every new challenge, book ban, or hate bill with determination and unity, we’ll dream of new potentials and possibilities, bright and boundless.
In solidarity, we uphold our right to control our bodies and shape our own destinies, settling for nothing less than true liberation.
Shine your light at #HealthyTeen25.
The #HealthyTeen25 Call for Proposals is open! Take a look at what kind of sessions we are looking for and what you’ll need to submit your proposal.
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October 5-7, 2026
For over 40 years, our conference has been the only comprehensive annual national event to convene adolescent sexual and reproductive health professionals. Hundreds of conference attendees attend our apex capacity-building event each year. They come to strengthen their skills to implement evidence-based and innovative approaches and network with national colleagues to share lessons learned.
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