Teen Pregnancy Increases Obesity Risk
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Building Community-Based Participatory Research Partnerships with a Somali Refugee Community
December 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article examines the experience of female Somali immigrants with the United States medical system, and focuses on reproductive health care. The authors used interviews, focus groups and surveys to identify challenges to care for Somali women.
Economic Evaluation of a Comprehensive Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Program
December 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article analyzes the costs and benefits of a comprehensive pregnancy prevention program using community-based participatory research techniques. Researchers found that benefits to society exceeded costs by over $10,000 per year per adolescent.
Prenatal Care Initiation Among Pregnant Teens in the United States
March 1, 2008 | Journal Article
Although recent data show that birth rates for teenagers in the United States are decreasing substantially, teenage pregnancy remains an important public health issue. The purpose of this study was to examine trends in prenatal care take-up among teenagers who gave birth in the United States between 1978 and 2003.
Evaluating the Will Power/Won't Power Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Program for Girls Ages 12 to 14
November 17, 2008 | Program Result
From 1999 to 2007, Girls Incorporated and Mathematica Policy Research (under a subcontract) designed and conducted an evaluation of Will Power/Won't Power, a pregnancy prevention program for girls ages 12 to 14.
National Scan Gives Tips on How to Run Effective Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs for Latinas
October 6, 2008 | Program Result
Hispanas Organized for Political Equality conducted a survey of 43 Latino teen pregnancy prevention programs across the country to understand better the most effective ways to reach Latinas, and the main challenges that these programs face.
More Condom Use Plus Less Sex Equals Decline in Teenage Pregnancy Rate
March 1, 2004 | Program Result
Investigators analyzed data from two national surveys to examine teenage pregnancy rates from 1991 to 2001 in African-American and white teenagers and identify factors that influence these rates.
Doulas Try to Improve Pregnancy Outcomes for Addicted Women
January 29, 2002 | Program Result
The Northern New Jersey Maternal/Child Health Consortium collaborated with five northern New Jersey agencies to design and develop a project to improve pregnancy outcomes for drug-addicted women in Paterson, N.J.
An Overlooked Group in the Fight to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
October 1, 2002 | Program Result
East Side House, Inc., a social services agency in the Bronx, N.Y., replicated its Community-Based Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Program, developed in 1997 in collaboration with Planned Parenthood of New York City.
Videos Help Reduce Smoking by Pregnant Women
April 1, 2000 | Program Result
From 1996 to 1997, researchers at the Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, Neb., developed an interactive multimedia video program designed to assist low-income pregnant and postpartum smoking women to quit smoking.