Kris Ahmed of Teen Success Inc. highlights a creative mode of obtaining critical outcome data on it's members through a teen-friendly evaluation survey iPad app. Presented at YTH Live 2014 session "The New Face of Recruitment + Questionnaires."

1. Farewell to the Dull Paper and Pencil
Evaluation Survey
Kris Ahmed, MPH
Teen Success Inc.
April 6-8, 2014
San Francisco, CA
Annual Conference on Youth + Tech + Health

2. • Helping teen mothers reach their
full potential
• 40 week peer-to-peer program
• 12 members per group
(ages 12 – 21)
• Positive Youth Development
curriculum
• Childcare, snack and stipends
provided
Who is Teen Success Inc?

3. • Partner with agencies in
communities of need
• Partners are direct
implementers
• TSI works closely with partners
to ensure the program is
delivered with fidelity
• Currently 8 partner orgs, 19
groups, 190 active members
Teen Success Model

4. • Complete High School
• Delay having additional
children until emotionally and
financially ready
• Build social and emotional
assets
• Develop skills to be effective
“first teacher” to their children
Measuring Success

5. • Pre Survey at intake
• Post Survey every 20 weeks
• Measures outcomes, such as
sexual health, member’s
positive youth development
assets, school status,
parenting attributes, etc.
Data Collection

12. • Able to edit questions
• Teen friendly
• Secure & private
• Saves time/money
• Game like, simple, fun,
intuitive
Benefits of Using a Survey App

13. Develop just enough do it
measure it improve
Benefits of Using a Survey App

14. • Occasional tech
problems/glitches
• Users may rush and click
through without giving
much though
• Typing in answers can be
challenging for some
• Once you start a survey,
you must finish
Challenges of Using a Survey App

15. Overall…Thumbs Up

16. Kris Ahmed
Teen Success Inc.
Program Director
408-263-8330 x.101
kahmed@teensuccess.net
www.teensuccess.net