Ameliorating the impact of teen-age pregnancy on parent and child.
The increase in teen-age pregnancy creates a growing population of young mothers unable to care adequately for themselves or their children. Responding to budget cuts in Utah, the authors report on a program that combines the resources of an agency and a university program to teach mothers child care and self-sufficiency, promotes the healthy development of their children, and gives field training to social work students.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008429:Maternal Welfare; D010290:Parents / Q000193:education; D011247:Pregnancy; D011253:Pregnancy in Adolescence; D012947:Social Work; D014589:Utah