Teenage pregnancy prevention programs

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 310-316

  Pierre, Natalie ^a   Cox, Joanne ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POSTCOITUS CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; CONTRACEPTION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; POLITICS; PREGNANCY RATE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL WELFARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030882066     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008480-199708000-00003     Document Type: Review

References (23)

1. Ventura SJ, Clarke SC, Matthew's TJ: Recent declines in teenage birth rates in the United States: variations by state, 1990-94. Monthly Vital Statistics Report 1996, 45:1-6.
2. Spitz AM, Velebil P, Koonin LM, Strauss LT, Goodman KA, Wingo P, Wilson JB, Morris L, Marks JS: Pregnancy, abortion, and birth rates among US adolescents: 1980, 1985, and 1990. JAMA 1996, 275:989-994.
3. Maynard R, ed: Kids Having Kids. A Robin Hood Foundation Special Report on the Cost of Adolescent Childbearing. New York: Robin Hood Foundation; 1996. This is an excellent resource for information about the consequences of adolescent childbearing for adolescent mothers, for their children, for the fathers of the children, and for the nation.
4. US Department of Health and Human Services: Secretary Shalala launches national strategy to prevent teen pregnancy: new state-by-state data show decline in teen births rate. Human and Health Services News 1997:1-3.
5. Brown SS, Eisenberg L, eds: Consequences of unintended pregnancy. In The Best Intentions: Unintended Pregnancy and the Wellbeing of Children and Families. Washington, DC: Institute of Medicine, National Academy Press; 1995:50-80.
6. Philliber S, Namerow P: Trying to maximize the odds: using what we know to prevent teen pregnancy. Document prepared for technical assistance workshop to support the Teen Pregnancy Program, Division of Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, December 13-15, 1995. The purpose of this document is to describe teen pregnancy prevention strategies that have at least marginally credible evaluations and seem to postpone sexual intercourse, increase contraceptive use, lower pregnancy rates, and prevent births.
7. US Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Services. National health promotion and disease prevention objectives. Healthy People 2000. Boston: Jones & Barlett Publishers, 1996.
8. Cox JE, DuRant RH, Emans SJ, Woods ER: Early parenthood for the sisters of adolescent mothers: a proposed conceptual model of decision making. Adolesc Pediatr Gynecol 1995, 8:188-194.
9. Litt FI: Pregnancy in adolescence. JAMA 1996, 275:1030.
10. Rodriguez C Jr., Moore NB: Perceptions of pregnant/parenting teens: reframing issues for an integrated approach to pregnancy problems. Adolescence 1995, 30:685-706. This is an interesting investigation determining the correlation, if any, between personal, family, and educational background factors and unintended pregnancy. The findings provide valuable information for researchers, health educators, policy makers, and parents who wish to ameliorate the problems in teen pregnancy and parenting by reframing issues for a more integrated approach involving both prevention and intervention.
11. Cates W Jr: Contraception, unintended pregnancies, and sexually transmitted diseases: why isn't a simple solution possible? Am J Epidemiol 1996, 143:311-318.
12. Smith SS: Teenage sex - cognitive immaturity increases the risk. BMJ 1996, 312:390-391.
13. Cheng L, Cheng PTK: Adolescent pregnancy. JAMA 1996, 276:282-283.
14. Adolescent pregnancy prevention stats. Handout from Society of Adolescent Medicine. Washington, DC: Department of Health and Human Services; 1997.
15. Moore KA, Snyder NO: Facts at a glance. Child Trends, Inc. 1996.
16. Card BJ, Niego S, Mallari A, Farrell WS: The Program Archive on Sexuality, Health and Adolescence: promising "prevention programs in a box". Fam Plann Perspect 1996, 28:210-220. This is one of the most inclusive reviews of program interventions and evaluations to date with recent information created by the PASHA. PASHA identifies programs aimed at preventing pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases among teenagers and makes materials from interventions with demonstrated effectiveness available to practitioners around the country for use in schools, community organizations, and clinics.
17. US Department of Health and Human Services: A national strategy to prevent teen pregnancy. Health Hum Services News 1997:1-6. The US Department of Health and Human Services has responded to a call from the President and Congress for a national strategy to prevent out-of-wedlock teen pregnancies and to assure that at least 25% of communities in this country have teen pregnancy prevention programs in place. This gives a comprehensive review of the principles that research and experience report are key to promising community efforts, approaches to strengthen the national response to prevent out-of-wedlock teen pregnancies, and summaries of Health and Human Services programs to prevent teen pregnancies, including promising ones and approaches that work.
18. US Department of Health and Human Services: Prevention teen pregnancy: promoting promising strategies. a guide for communities. A report by HHS released at the White House press conference. Washington DC: Department of Health and Human Services; 1996.
19. Brown SS, Eisenberg L, eds: Programs to reduce unintended pregnancy. In The Best Intentions: Unintended Pregnancy and the Wellbeing of Children and Families. Washington DC: Institute of Medicine, National Academy Press; 1995:21-49. This is an excellent report by the committee and staff on unintended pregnancy of the Institute of Medicine established to explore the relationship of unintended pregnancy in the United States to the health and well-being of children and families. Recommendations are made for policy, practice, and research. In this particular chapter, description of the range of programs that have been organized in the past 10 years or so to reduce the incidence of unintended pregnancy and comment on the effectiveness of various approaches are included.
20. ACOG Committee Opinion: Condom availability for adolescents. J Adolesc Health 1996, 18:380-383.
21. Title V of the Social Security Act: Abstinence education. ftp://ftp.loc.gov/pub/thomas/clo4/h3734.enr.txt This handout defines abstinence education and describes the focus of the abstinence program.
22. 17. US Department of Health and Human Services: Girl power! Hometown media kit. SAMHSA: Center for Substance Abuse Prevention. Prevention Works! www.health.org. The Girl Power! abstinence education initiative will engage all Health and Human Services teen pregnancy prevention and related youth programs in sustained efforts to promote abstinence among 9-to 14-year-old girls and will include a national media campaign to involve parents and caring adults in sending a strong abstinence message across the country. This is an excellent packet reviewing the campaign goal and objectives, tips for success, and description of the campaign product in this kit.
23. Stevens-Simon C, Dolgan IJ, Kelly L, Singer D: The effect of monetary incentives and peer support groups on repeat adolescent pregnancies. JAMA 1997, 277:977-982. This is a 2-year peer-based, incentive program designed to prevent adolescent pregnancies by promoting the consistent use of reliable contraceptive methods and future-oriented family and career planning. It was found that although a monetary incentive draws adolescent mothers to sites where they can discuss the costs and benefits of contraceptions and conception with knowledgeable adults, and supportive peers, these discussions did not prevent repeat pregnancies.