The purpose of this project was to partner with a local community agency and locate funding sources for a grant to fund a teenage pregnancy prevention program. The goal of the program is to prevent, educate and reduce teenage pregnancy among foster care youth through comprehensive education. The...
Objective: to know the opinion of female adolescents who have become pregnant and were enrolled in a Health Agents Program in Osasco city, So Paulo, Brazil, about strategies used in the public health field in order to reduce teenage pregnancy in the community they live. Methods: descriptive ...
. Young people in today's society have special needs related to their lifestyle and health habits. About half of those between the ages of 15 and 19 years are sexually active, predisposing them to sexually transmitted diseases and pregnancy. Approximately 10 per cent of the girls in this age...
Understanding the impact of effective teenage pregnancy prevention programs. Fam Plann Perspect. 1995 Sep-Oct; 27 (5):188–195. [ PubMed ]... FJD Forrest - 《Family Planning Perspectives》 被引量: 238发表: 1995年 Designing and conducting impact evaluations of adolescent pregnancy prevention prog...
摘要: Looks at issues surrounding teenage pregnancy and describes different school-based approaches to sex education. Stresses that parental involvement is critical to the success of any effective program for reducing teenage pregnancy. (RWB)关键词:...
and evaluation of a pregnancy prevention intervention developed by [W. Robinson and P. Watkins-Ferrell] / future directions are discussed, particularly in view of systemic societal variables / a foundation to spur continued and refined efforts to curtail unprotected adolescent sexual activity is provide...
Teenage pregnancy is a multifaceted issue that presents significant social, economic, and health challenges. Despite a global decline in teenage pregnancy rates, it remains a critical concern, particularly in developing countries. The consequences of teenage pregnancy extend beyond the immediate health ris...
- 《Prevention Science the Official Journal of the Society for Prevention Research》 被引量: 475发表: 2003年 Explaining Recent Declines in Adolescent Pregnancy in the United State... We explored the relative contributions of declining sexual activity and improved contraceptive use to the recent ...
pregnancy and motherhood. Patience, maturity and ability to handle stress are required by pregnant mothers of all ages. A teen pregnancy may also impact the baby. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notes that babies born to teens may have weaker intellectual development and ...
Teen mothers are more susceptible to the negative consequences of pregnancy, due to system-wide and socio-cultural barriers to accessing needed services, posing higher pregnancy complications and health risks to the babies and mothers. Understanding thei