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Sangalang, Bernadette B.; Barth, Richard P.; Painter, John S. – Health & Social Work, 2006
This study examines a case management intervention for first-time pregnant and parenting adolescents. It compares a sample of 1,260 first-time adolescent mothers in the Adolescent Parenting Program (APP) in North Carolina with 1,260 first-time adolescent mothers who did not participate in the program (non-APP). Using birth certificate data,…
Descriptors: Birth Order, Early Parenthood, Intervention, Adolescents
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Covington, Deborah L.; Peoples-Sheps, Mary D.; Buescher, Paul A.; Bennett, Trude A.; Paul, Melanie V. – American Journal of Health Behavior, 1998
Evaluated the effectiveness of a prenatal-education program in increasing prenatal care utilization, improving maternal weight gain, and reducing low-birthweight births among adolescents. Data from weekly program reports and state vital statistics and health services information indicated that program participants were less likely to have…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Birth Weight, Early Intervention, Early Parenthood