Effectiveness of a family support center approach to adolescent mothers: Repeat pregnancy and school drop-out rates

Family Relations

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 139-144

  Solomon, Richard ^a,b,c   Liefeld, Cynthia Pierce ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Family Growth Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Adolescence; Adolescent childbearing; Adolescent mothers; Family support; Repeat pregnancy; School drop outs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032042733     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/585617     Document Type: Article

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