The effects of a school program on teenage mothers and their children.
The need for educational opportunity and health care provision for the increasing number of teenage mothers is discussed. An educationally-based program for inner-city school-age mothers is described, and an evaluation of its effectiveness reported. Mothers in the program completed significantly more education than did control mothers, and their children showed superior social development compared to the children of control mothers.
D000293:Adolescent; D003268:Contraception Behavior; D004493:Education; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007086:Illegitimacy; D008427:Maternal Health Services; D009035:Mothers; D009515:New Jersey; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000517:prevention & control; D012923:Social Class; D014505:Urban Population