Developing and piloting a peer mentoring intervention to reduce teenage pregnancy in looked-after children and care leavers: An exploratory randomised controlled trial

Health Technology Assessment

Volumn 19, Issue 85, 2015, Pages 1-139

  Mezey, Gillian ^a   Meyer, Deborah ^a   Robinson, Fiona ^a   Bonell, Chris ^b   Campbell, Rona ^c   Gillard, Steve ^a   Jordan, Peter ^d   Mantovani, Nadia ^a   Wellings, Kaye ^e   White, Sarah ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d Peter Jordan Associates   (United Kingdom)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNOWLEDGE; LOCUS OF CONTROL; MENTAL HEALTH; PEER MENTORING; PILOT STUDY; PROGRAM ACCEPTABILITY; PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK; SELF ESTEEM; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEXUAL ATTITUDE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED KINGDOM; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENGLAND; FOSTER CARE; MENTOR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEER GROUP; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PREGNANCY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTORS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PEER GROUP; PILOT PROJECTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE;

EID: 85016118999     PISSN: 13665278     EISSN: 20464924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3310/hta19850     Document Type: Article

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