Pregnancy Rates Among Juvenile Justice Girls in Two Randomized Controlled Trials of Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 588-593

  Kerr, David C R ^a,b   Leve, Leslie D ^b,c   Chamberlain, Patricia ^b,c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON SOCIAL LEARNING CENTER   (United States)

^c Center for Research to Practice   (United States)

Author keywords

delinquency; juvenile justice; pregnancy; prevention; RCT

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; ILLEGITIMACY; JUSTICE; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREGNANCY RATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; CASE MANAGEMENT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOSTER HOME CARE; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SECURITY MEASURES; SEX EDUCATION; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 66949156772     PISSN: 0022006X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015289     Document Type: Article

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