Youth Curricula Healthy Adolescent Transitions (HAT)

The Healthy Adolescent Transitions (HAT) program was designed to prevent rapid repeat pregnancy among adolescents. The program also addresses financial literacy, educational/career attainment, and healthy life skills, including human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination, medical homes, nicotine cessation, and nutrition. The intervention components are based upon the theoretical framework of behavioral economics (BE), an interdisciplinary model that suggests specific environmental modifications to improve individual decision making and assist people to act in their own best interests.

The HAT program uses this novel framework to promote several different goals for adolescent mothers:

• Greater awareness of long-acting reversible contraception methods to prevent repeat pregnancy
• HPV vaccination
• Obtaining a medical home for care of self and baby
• Healthier eating
• Accomplishment of academic and career goals
• Achieving better financial literacy

A subscription to the HAT website, with online access to program materials and training videos is included with the purchase of the manual.