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New Jersey Family Health Group Develops and Disseminates Protocol to Screen Pregnant Women for Drug and Alcohol Use

June 3, 2010 | Program Result Report

Family Health Initiatives implemented a uniform statewide screening process to identify pregnant women who use alcohol and other drugs and then disseminated it through a conference.

Evaluating the Will Power/Won't Power Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Program for Girls Ages 12 to 14

November 17, 2008 | Program Result Report

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.

Increased Access to Medicaid Had Little Effect on Pregnancy Care or Outcome

January 1, 2001 | Program Result Report

From 1991 to 1996, investigators at Harvard Medical School examined the effects of Medicaid eligibility expansions on a range of maternal and neonatal outcomes in California and South Carolina.

Getting Off to a Good Start: World Health Day Program Focused on Improving Pregnancy Outcomes

May 31, 2001 | Program Result Report

Between 1993 and 1999, the American Association for World Health, Washington, organized three annual meetings.

Reducing Teenage Pregnancy

January 1, 2008 | Book

In addition to providing insights about reducing teenage pregnancy, this chapter traces the evolution of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's efforts over a 20-year period to address this potentially controversial issue.

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.

More Condom Use Plus Less Sex Equals Decline in Teenage Pregnancy Rate

March 1, 2004 | Program Result Report

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 Report

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 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.

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