The Teen Pregnancy Prevention Project (TPP) is a community prevention model in central Oklahoma City designed to decrease teen pregnancy and sexuality transmitted diseases by involving teens, parents, schools, businesses and other groups in promoting effective prevention messages and programs.  The project gives young people the information and skills they need to avoid risk-taking situations and uses a variety of activities to reinforce strong abstinence and good health messages.  The TPP Project is coordinated by the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy through support provided by the Adolescent Health Program of the Oklahoma State Department of Health, Integris Health and a number of community businesses and organizations.

The TPP Project is compromised of the following:

• Evidence-based Curriculum:  "Postponing Sexual Involvement (PSI)" is a nationally recognized curriculum for middle school students that discusses peer pressure and negative media images, then helps the young teens learn effective refusal skills.
   
• Peer Educators:  "Positive Ways" is the peer educator program that trains high school students to facilitate the PSI lessons in selected middle schools and helps them create activities to promote abstinence messages in the community.
   
• Parent Education:  Believing that parents play an important role as the primary sexuality educators for their children, the TPP Project offers free parent education programs at various locations throughout Oklahoma City.
   
• Community Coalitions:  The TPP Project is part of the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Coalition of Oklahoma City, which works in partnership with the Central Oklahoma Turning Point to improve the health of community residents.
   
• Asset-Building Activities:  The project focuses on both effective risk reduction strategies, as well as building protective factors, or asses, in young people.

Teen Pregnancy Rates Rising (PDF)

Teen Pregnancy Prevention Exec. Summary (PDF)

Asset-Building Activities

Community Coalitions

Parent Education

Positive Ways

Postponing Sexual Involvement (PSI)

Youth Initiatives