Description of Teen Prevention Education Program
Teen PEP is a school-based comprehensive sexual health education
program designed to increase students’ knowledge,
skills, and behaviors associated with avoiding an unintended
pregnancy, HIV, STIs, and other health issues. It also seeks to
create a school climate that supports healthy decision-making
among youth. Teen PEP uses a peer education approach to
deliver workshops to ninth-grade students during the school
day. Approximately 15e20 high-school students in their junior
or senior year are selected and trained to serve as peer educators
and role models to younger peers within their schools. Peer
educators participate in a semester-long structured Teen PEP
course developed by CSS and HiTOPS and co-facilitated by two
trained adult program advisors. Peer educators earn a course
grade and credit toward their graduation requirements for
participation.