| Adolescent Pregnancy and Parenting: Findings From A Racially Diverse Sample Contributor(s): East, Patricia L. (Author), Felice, Marianne E. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0805814701 ISBN-13: 9780805814705 Publisher: Psychology Press OUR PRICE: $16.10 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 1996 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare - Social Science |
| Dewey: 362.708 |
| LCCN: 96013153 |
| Lexile Measure: 1510 |
| Physical Information: 0.66" H x 6.25" W x 9.29" (0.99 lbs) 166 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Written by a pediatrician/adolescent medicine specialist and a developmental psychologist, this book is a collection of informative, nonredundant yet comprehensive studies on adolescent pregnancy and parenting. More than 200 adolescent women in an ethnically diverse sample were studied prenatally and at regular 6-month intervals for 31/2 years postpartum. Most of the teens were poor, unmarried, first-time mothers who resided within Southeast San Diego, a poor urban area approximately 10 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border. The purpose of this book was to offer researchers, practitioners, program directors, teachers, and graduate and medical students a better understanding of teenage pregnancy and parenthood within the following domains:* adolescent prenatal care and postpartum maternal and infant health outcomes, * immediate repeat pregnancy, * adolescent mothers' parenting, * the role of the adolescent's mother in teenage mothers' parenting, and * the baby's father. |