Resumen de Challenges and Lessons Learned From Providing Large-Scale Evaluation Technical Assistance to Build the Adolescent Pregnancy Evidence Base.

Jean Knab, Russell P. Cole, Susan Goerlich Zief

• The authors reflect on the challenges and lessons that can be learned from providing large-scale evaluation technical assistance (TA) to construct an adolescent pregnancy prevention evidence base as of 2016, and it mentions the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' evidence standards. U.S. government contracts are addressed, along with formal and informal training programs and the development of written documents to assist grantees and evaluators. Benchmarks are also assessed.