Breaking The Cycle of Teenage Pregnancy
Prevention Opportunities Focusing on the Younger Sisters of Teen Mothers
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9728868 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Patricia L East (0000-0002-5169-2735, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 157-171 |
| Publication date | 1998-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Education and Urban Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-1245 • E-ISSN: 1552-3535 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0013124598030002002 |
| OpenAlex | W2017083475 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 21 |
This paper begins with a literature review that analyzes studies that compared younger sisters of adolescent mothers to younger sisters of nonchildbearing adolescents and revealed key attitudinal and behavioral differences in the former group that are consistent with a high risk of adolescent pregnancy. The paper then discusses the following considerations and intervention strategies for the risk group: 1) recognize the school as an identifying context 2) offer disincentives to early childbearing 3) encourage groups discussion 4) provide intensive attention and care to the at risk adolescents 5) involve the entire family and 6) address pre-pregnancy risk characteristics. Next the paper offers three reasons why schools provide a good prevention setting: 1) the ability of school staff to identify at-risk adolescents 2) the presence of personnel who are able to deal with the specific concerns of adolescents and 3) the suitability of the proposed strategies for implementation in a school setting. The paper concludes that additional goals include research into the processes that propel sisters into early childbearing and that the younger sister interventions offer a tremendous untapped potential for reducing the incidence of adolescent pregnancy
Biology · Developmental psychology · Economic growth · Economics · Political science · Population · Pregnancy · Sociology · Teen pregnancy · Teenage pregnancy · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Child and Adolescent Health · Demography · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,21 |
| Citation span | 1998 - 2009 (12) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |