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National Scan Gives Tips on How to Run Effective Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs for Latinas

October 6, 2008 | Program Result Report

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.

Still a Paradox: Foreign-Born Mexican-Americans Have Healthier Babies Than Native-Born Hispanics

December 1, 2006 | Program Result Report

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison conducted a pilot study to identify and assess why immigrant mothers (primarily those from Mexico) living in the United States have better pregnancy outcomes than native-born Hispanic mothers.

An Overlooked Group in the Fight to Prevent Teen Pregnancy

October 1, 2002 | Program Result Report

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.

Racial, Ethnic, and Socioeconomic Differences in the Incidence of Obesity Related to Childbirth

February 1, 2009 | Journal Article

This study investigated the relationship between childbirth and five-year incidence of obesity.

The Latina Paradox

December 1, 2004 | Journal Article

In this article, the authors recommend steps to harness the benefits of informal systems of prenatal care in Latino communities to meet the increasing needs of pregnant Latina women in the United States.

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