In the field of teen pregnancy prevention many efficacious prevention programs are available but adoption of these programs
is slow at the community level. In this article, we present a multi-site, capacity-building effort called the
Promoting Science-based Approaches to Teen Pregnancy Prevention project (PSBA) as a case example of a proactive application of the Interactive System Framework (ISF) for dissemination and
implementation. The ISF is a multi-system model leading to dissemination and implementation of science-based prevention programming
through the work of three interactive systems: The “Prevention Delivery,” “Prevention Support,” and “Prevention Synthesis
& Translation” Systems. This article describes the proactive use of the ISF to conceptualize and bolster the PSBA program’s
goal of assisting local prevention partners in the use of science-based approaches (SBA) to prevent teen pregnancy. PSBA uses
all three systems of the ISF to facilitate practice improvements and offers valuable research opportunities to investigate
factors related to dissemination and implementation processes across these systems. Describing our application of this framework
highlights the feasibility of actively using the ISF to build prevention infrastructure and to guide large-scale prevention
promotion strategies in the area of teen pregnancy prevention. The program’s ongoing evaluation is presented as an example
of early efforts to develop an evidence base around the ISF. Research implications are discussed.
Keywords Teen Pregnancy Prevention - Getting To Outcomes - Interactive Systems Framework - Dissemination - Implementation - Science-based Approaches