The report, compiled by the Social Science Research Unit as part of its three-year evaluation, highlighted a number of positive achievements on recruitment, retention, width of activity and a growing accreditation culture across the 27 projects. Young people had a positive view of projects and reported they had made them "healthier". They were also more likely than those from comparison sites to report condom use over a six-month period.
One unexpected finding was that young people from YPDP projects were more likely than comparison participants to report that they had truanted or been temporarily excluded from school in the past six months.
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