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Adolescent pregnancy in an urban environment : issues, programs, and evaluation / Janet B. Hardy, Laurie Schwab Zabin ; with 10 contributors.

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Main Author: Hardy, Janet B.
Other Authors: Zabin, Laurie Schwab
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : Baltimore : Lanham, MD : Urban Institute Press ; Urban & Schwarzenberg ; Distributed by University Press of America, ©1991.
Subjects:
Teenage mothers > Maryland > Baltimore > Case studies.
Teenage pregnancy > Maryland > Baltimore > Case studies.
Maternal health services > Maryland > Baltimore > Case studies.
Teenage pregnancy > Maryland > Baltimore > Prevention > Case studies.
Birth control > Study and teaching > Maryland > Baltimore > Case studies.
Adolescent.
United States.
Birth control > Study and teaching.
Maternal health services.
Teenage mothers.
Teenage pregnancy.
Teenage pregnancy > Prevention.
Maryland > Baltimore.
Statistics.
Case studies.
Table of Contents:
  • The philosophical context. The Odessy : the development of programs at the Johns Hopkins hospital ; Developmental issues : the context of adolescent pregnancy ; Teenage pregnancy : the national scene
  • The urban context. Teenage pregnancy : the Baltimore scene
  • Pregnant and parenting adolescents ; The partners of adolescent mothers ; The infants of adolescent others ; The utilization of services ; Long-term outcomes : adolescents and older mothers in an urban population
  • Pregnancy and parenting services. Ethical issues in the medical care of adolescents ; The Johns Hopkins adolescent pregnancy program (HAC) ; Medical management of pregnant adolescents ; Nutrition and the pregnant adolescent ; Health education : teaching the pregnant adolescent ; The role of the nurse midwife and pediatric nurse practitioner in pregnancy care and prevention ; The Johns Hopkins parenting program (TAC) : services and evaluation ; Psychological support for pregnant and parenting adolescents ; Parenting education ; Comprehensive versus traditional services for pregnant and parenting adolescents : a comparative analysis
  • Fertility control services. Contraception and the adolescent ; Elective abortion and the pregnant adolescent ; The consequences of elective abortion
  • The Johns Hopkins pregnancy prevention program (self center). The self center : a school-linked pregnancy prevention program ; Sexuality and health education ; The self center : program evalutation
  • Conclusion. Lessons from the past and directions for the future.

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