Featured Grant OpportunitySchool Emergency Response to Violence (Project SERV) (Funding Opportunity) 

Featured Grant OpportunityShare with Youth: NOAA Student Opportunities Database

Featured Grant OpportunityShort Courses in Social Determinants of Health for Research Education in Nursing Research (Funding...

Featured Grant OpportunityComprehensive Partnerships to Advance Cancer Health Equity (CPACHE) Program (Funding Opportunity)

Featured Grant OpportunityRisk and Protective Factors of Family Health and Family Level Interventions (Funding Opportunity)

Featured Grant OpportunityPersonnel Development to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities--Doctoral...

Featured Grant OpportunityStanding Announcement for Tribal Title IV-E Plan Development Grants (Funding Opportunity)

Featured Grant OpportunityProviding Research Education Experiences to Enhance Inclusivity for a Diverse Substance Use and...

Featured Grant OpportunityFY 2024 Research on School-Based Hate Crimes (Funding Opportunity)

Featured Grant OpportunityChallenge America (Funding Opportunity)

Featured Grant OpportunityResearch and Evaluation on Firearm Violence and Mass Shootings (Funding Opportunity)

Featured Grant OpportunityNational Juvenile Court Data Archive (Funding Opportunity)

Featured Grant OpportunityGraduate Research Fellowship (Funding Opportunity)

Featured Grant OpportunityCommunity Programs for Outreach and Intervention with Youth and Young Adults at Clinical High Risk...

Featured Grant OpportunityPrint and Disseminate Child Victims and Witnesses Support Materials (Funding Opportunity)

## Breadcrumb

            -  Evidence and Innovation 
            -  Teen Pregnancy Prevention Evidence Review 
            -  Programs 
            -           Girl2Girl      

# Girl2Girl

- Program Information
- Program Overview
- Program Description
- Program Component Table
- Program Implementation

- Research Evidence
- Reviewed Studies
- Study Characteristics
- Study Findings

The Center for Innovative Public Health Research

Girl2Girl is a 20-week teen pregnancy prevention program delivered via text messaging to cisgender girls between the ages of 14 to 18 who identify as lesbian, bisexual, or queer ('cisgender' refers to individuals whose current gender identity is the same as the sex they were assigned at birth; CDC, 2023). Girl2Girl content focuses on teen pregnancy prevention, sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing, communication skills, and healthy and unhealthy relationships. In addition to receiving program content, participants have the option to be paired with another participant (a Text Buddy) they can text for support throughout the program.

Girl2Girl was designed for sexually experienced and inexperienced cisgender girls between the ages of 14 to 18 who identify as lesbian, bisexual, or queer.

Girl2Girl is designed for any setting. Text messages will be sent only during specified non-school hours. 

For curriculum, materials, and pricing information, please contact:Michele Ybarra, Ph.D., at michele@innovativepublichealth.org.

For training and support, please contact:Michele Ybarra, Ph.D., at michele@innovativepublichealth.org.

#### Pagination

-           Page 1        
-  Next page›› 

The goal of Girl2Girl is to provide content on teen pregnancy prevention, STI, communication skills, and healthy and unhealthy relationships to cisgender girls between the ages of 14 to 18 who identify as lesbian, bisexual, or queer. 

Girl2Girl content focuses on teen pregnancy prevention and is guided by the Information-Motivation-Behavioral model. Topics covered through scripted text messages include male and female condom use and access, types of birth control, healthy and unhealthy relationships, and prevention of unintended pregnancy and STI. Additional content includes topics and scenarios relevant to sexual decision making. The program’s content is tailored based on sexual experience and sexual identity. In addition to receiving program content, participants are paired with another participant (a Text Buddy) they can text for support throughout the program. 

The program is delivered through text messages.

Girl2Girl is a 20-week teen pregnancy prevention program. During the first seven weeks of programming, participants receive four to 12 text messages per day. They then receive one message two or three days per week for the following 12 weeks. The final week of programming is the booster period, which is intended for review of content delivered during program delivery. Participants receive eight to 15 messages during the one-week booster period. All Text Buddy messages are run through a server to protect participants’ privacy.

Staffing needed to implement the program includes staff to monitor the Text Buddy conversations, answer participant questions, and recruit and enroll participants.

Participants are required to have access to a text-capable phone. Unlimited text messaging plans are encouraged but not required.

None.

The developer will ensure when text messages are sent and their receipt by the intended recipient.

Formal staff training is not required to implement the program. Staff will monitor the Text Buddy conversations, answer participant questions, and recruit and enroll participants.

Girl2Girl is a texting intervention; typically, implementers do not need technical assistance or ongoing support during program implementation. However, implementers can contact Michele Ybarra at michele@innovativepublichealth.org if there is a need for technical assistance or ongoing support.

Adaptations are allowed in consultation with the developer. To discuss adaptations, contact Michele Ybarra at michele@innovativepublichealth.org.

### Evidence by Outcome Domain and Study

#### Notes

*Some study entries may include more than one citation because each citation examines a different follow-up period from the same study sample, or because each citation examines a different set of outcome measures on the same study sample. A blank cell indicates the study did not examine any outcome measures within the particular outcome domain or the findings for the outcome measures within that domain did not meet the review evidence standards.*

*Information on evidence of effectiveness is available only for studies that received a high or moderate rating. Read the description of the review process for more information on how these programs are identified.*