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Interesting perspective on Depression coming BEFORE, not after teen pregnancy by Atlanta Mom .. Patient Expert

Posted Sun 16 Aug 2009 10:50pm of poverty and existing distress was a good predictor of teen pregnancy. Previous studies had shown high levels of depression among teen mothers, but nationally representative... the use of birth control if the teenager were sexually active. One of the best ways to prevent teen pregnancy is for teens to have long-term goals and good self-esteem, Merritt Read on »

Teenage pregnancy myth dismissed by Linda MacDonald Glenn Healthy Living Professional

Posted Fri 12 Sep 2008 12:00pm From the BBC: The perception that teenage girls with unwanted pregnancies have been less careful about contraception than older women has been dismissed by a study... no contraception at all was roughly similar to the percentage of teenagers. The findings are published in the journal BJOG. To read on click here. Read on »

Teenage Pregnancies by Dr. Charlotte Thompson Medical Doctor

Posted Sat 13 Sep 2008 4:39am times more likely to end in divorce than are marriages between people of 25 years of age and older". It is a tragic situation when a teenager is forced to keep a pregnancy... As the pediatrician for many teenage girls, I have had considerable experience in counseling and helping girls make decisions about what to do when they became pregnant Read on »

Teenage Pregnancies Highest In Five Years by Nick B. Patient Expert

Posted Tue 03 Mar 2009 3:14pm going up. The worrying report comes from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and implies that the Government are pretty far off their mark of halving teenage pregnancy... to 8.3 per 1,000 girls in 2007 - an increase of 6.4 per cent. The Government’s aim to halve teenage pregnancies amongst girls under the age of 18 by 2010 is very far off target Read on »

Palin and teenage pregnancy and…everything else by Karen R. Patient Expert

Posted Sun 07 Sep 2008 2:17am to protect themselves if they do have sex. Perhaps Gov. Palin should reconsider her positions on teenage pregnancy prevention.” RH Reality Check speaks well, as always, to the problems inherent to the Republican-supported abstinence-only-until-marriage programs that leave teenagers uneducated about how to prevent pregnancy and STDs and without places Read on »

Preventing Teen Pregnancy: 4 Tips for Parents to Educate their Teens [Teen Article] by Vanessa Van Petten Patient Expert

Posted Tue 27 Oct 2009 11:00pm there was a story of a teen pregnancy pact in small town Gloucester Massachusetts. Eighteen girls got pregnant in that school; the average number of pregnancies was three. There are many theories as to why or if this pact exists. But it is not just one school reporting this “fad”. Although teen pregnancy rates have been dropping since the late nineties, they have Read on »

Teen Vogue debuts teen pregnancy by Dr. Meredith Nash Posted Tue 27 Oct 2009 11:03pm she revealed the news for a feature on she and her fellow model friend Chanel Iman (on the right). While the pregnancy is not explicit, it is heartening to know that Editor-in-Chief, Amy Astley said the editors of the mag had no intention of pulling her from the Nov edition. "Teen pregnancy is a difficult, real-life issue that Teen Vogue readers Read on »

HHS awards evidence-based teen pregnancy prevention grants by Health & Human Services Posted Wed 29 Sep 2010 10:01pm Washington, DC – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced today that $155 million in teen pregnancy prevention grants are being awarded to states, non-profit organizations, school districts, universities, and others. These grants will support the replication of teen pregnancy prevention programs that have been shown Read on »

Teen Pregnancy and the Rhythm Method by findingeve Patient Expert

Posted Sat 05 Jun 2010 12:00am of this report was that the use of the rhythm method to prevent pregnancy by teenagers rose from 11% in 2002 to 17% in 2010. This is quite a jump. The report was made to investigate why the teen pregnancy rate has risen markedly in recent years. In fact, the United States has the highest teen pregnancy rate of any developed country in the world and one Read on »

Glamorizing Teen Pregnancy? by RaisingTeens Posted Wed 02 Jul 2008 12:00am of the first movies in ages to portray unplanned teen pregnancy not as an apocalyptic occurrence, but simply as another bullet point on the astronomically long list of mistakes that young people make as they reach adulthood. At the same time, the tears shed and problems suffered by all characters throughout the film make it clear that teenage pregnancy does Read on »