Focus on Youth With Impact

This fact sheet describes Focus on Youth (FOY), an eight-session, community-based, group-level intervention that was designed to reduce the risk of HIV/STD infection and unplanned pregnancy among African American urban youth. The curriculum is based on the Protection Motivation Theory, and the program uses fun interactive activities such as games and discussions to teach prevention knowledge and skills. There is also a component for parents. The information sheet lists the 8 sessions of the program, explains the research behind it, its core elements, the intervention package, as well as training and technical assistance. This program has been identified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Prevention Research Synthesis program as a Best-Evidence Effective Behavioral Intervention and is included in the Diffusion of Effective Behavioral Interventions (DEBI) projects.