Federal Study Tests Coaching Strategies for Sexual Risk Avoidance Education
Published Date: 11/5/2026
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Summary
The government is launching a new study to see how training teachers to use special coaching methods affects kids in Sexual Risk Avoidance Education programs. They’ll collect surveys and interviews from both youth and facilitators to understand the impact. If you’re involved or interested, you can comment by December 7, 2026, and this effort aims to improve how these programs help young people.
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 2 costs, 0 mixed.
Youth asked to complete short SRAE surveys
If you take part in a Sexual Risk Avoidance Education (SRAE) program as a youth participant, you will be asked to complete a short survey two times: once before the program and once immediately after. The study plans to survey 713 youth; the youth survey is estimated at 0.13 hours (about 8 minutes) per response and youth may also complete up to six exit tickets at 0.05 hours (about 3 minutes) each.
Facilitators will do interviews and logs
If you are a program facilitator, the study plans to collect implementation data from 20 facilitators using a semi-structured interview about three times (0.33 hours per interview) and facilitator logs six times (0.03 hours per log). Across the study these facilitator activities account for a small amount of time per person.
Survey instruments tailored to reduce burden
The study documents that instruments were tailored to reduce respondent burden: the youth survey was shortened from the earlier 30 minutes to 8 minutes, facilitator logs were shortened from 4 minutes to 2 minutes, and the number of times respondents are asked to complete activities was reduced. These changes are intended to make participation less time-consuming for respondents.
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