title: Short-term effects of teenage parenting programs on knowledge and attitudes.
abstract: The short-term effects of teenage parenting programs upon the knowledge and attitudes of pregnant teenagers were assessed. The programs studied produced a significant change in the teenagers' knowledge of sexuality and child development while having no apparent effect on the teenagers' parenting attitudes. The implications of producing changes in knowledge without accompanying changes in attitudes are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002657:Child Development; D002668:Child Rearing; D003479:Curriculum; D005193:Family Planning Services; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents / Q000193:education*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011253:Pregnancy in Adolescence