Teen Pregnancy and the Achievement Gap Among Urban Minority Youth

Journal of School Health

Volumn 81, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 614-618

  Basch, Charles E ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Achievement gap; Child and adolescent health; Coordinated school health programs; Nonmarital births; Reproductive health; School dropout; Socioeconomic factors; Teen pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGE FACTORS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SEX EDUCATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 80052948477     PISSN: 00224391     EISSN: 17461561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2011.00635.x     Document Type: Article

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