A study of an alternative school for pregnant and/or parenting teens: Quantitative and qualitative evidence

Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 172-195

  Amin, Ruhul ^a,b   Browne, Dorothy C ^c   Ahmed, Jamir ^a   Sato, Takanori ^b  

^a Center for Health Disparities Solutions   (United States)

^b MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Institute for Urban Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Multicomponent program; Multiple problems of teenage pregnancy; Needs for comprehensive services

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748555851     PISSN: 07380151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10560-005-0038-1     Document Type: Article

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