title: Preventing unwanted adolescent pregnancy: a cognitive-behavioral approach.
abstract: Teenage pregnancy is a growing social problem in the United States. Past interventive failures and current research suggest new directions for primary prevention. A comprehensive prevention program is outlined, and training techniques based on a cognitive-behavioral approach are proposed to help adolescents acquire skills necessary to avoid unwanted pregnancies.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D003071:Cognition; D003268:Contraception Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D011253:Pregnancy in Adolescence; D011275:Pregnancy, Unwanted; D011606:Psychosexual Development; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D014481:United States