Promoting Healthy Futures for Youth: Tips for Using the Sexual Risk Avoidance Education (SRAE) Program Model

Sexual risk avoidance education (SRAE) is a primary prevention approach that promotes the development of life skills related to healthy relationships, decision making, goal setting, and self-regulation, as well as the benefits of avoiding non-marital sexual activity and other risky behaviors. This Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation tip sheet highlights several practical examples of how the model can be used by practitioners, such as: 

• Referring to the program inputs to ensure that key topics, resources, and systems are in place for successful SRAE programming;
• Using the implementation outputs as measures to monitor program fidelity and continuously improve programs over time; and
• Reviewing expected outcomes to ensure programming targets the factors that research shows are associated with the avoidance of sexual activity among youth.