Title: College-Bound Sisters: exploring one pregnancy prevention program.

POPLINE Document Number: 273966

Author(s):

Brown HN
Saunders RB

Source citation:

AWHONN Lifelines, 2002 Apr-May;6(2):146-151.

Abstract:

We were several years into an intervention program to prevent second pregnancies among adolescent mothers when we noted that the younger sisters of the women in our community frequently followed in the footsteps of their older siblings and joined the ranks of very young mothers. A search of the nursing and related literature revealed that, although the problem was well-recognized, this group of at-risk mothers had largely been ignored by the research community. East and Felice (1992) had reviewed the handful of studies done to date and confirmed that in the U.S., younger sisters of adolescent mothers were about twice as likely as other girls to become pregnant. The need for intervention was obvious, and we committed ourselves to designing and intervention that would help reduce the incidence of pregnancy among this high-risk group of teen girls. (excerpt)

Keywords:

United States
North Carolina
Summary Report
Adolescents, Female
Adolescent Pregnancy
Interventions
Pregnancy, Unplanned
Program Development
Program Evaluation
Sex Education
Goals
Education
Developed Countries
North America
Americas
Adolescents
Youth
Age Factors
Population Characteristics
Demographic Factors
Population
Reproductive Behavior
Fertility
Population Dynamics
Programs
Organization and Administration
Planning