Teen pregnancy prevention: Current perspectives

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 462-469

  Lavin, Claudia ^a   Cox, Joanne E ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescent; pregnancy prevention; teen birth rates; teen pregnancy rates

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; BIRTH RATE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CONTRACEPTION; COST; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MODEL; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; SEX EDUCATION; SEXUAL ABSTINENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864679318     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: 1531698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOP.0b013e3283555bee     Document Type: Review

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