title: Using Touchpoints to promote parental self-competence in low-income, minority, pregnant, and parenting teen mothers.
abstract: This pilot study was designed to test an intervention developed to increase parenting self-confidence in teen mothers. Group discussions of personal experience and parenting were substituted for a traditional child development course. Using a Touchpoints approach, teachers focused on strengths of the adolescents and their children. Information about child development was presented as it naturally occurred. A total of 20 students took part in the study. There was a significant increase in parenting self-confidence after the intervention. Although the sample size was small, the results were encouraging with this group of teens. A larger study is planned to continue development of the intervention.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78701-1499, USA.
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Percy
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: McIntyre
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001741:Black or African American / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology*; D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods*; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D017058:Mexican Americans / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology*; D008913:Minority Groups / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology*; D017145:Models, Educational; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D010290:Parents / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology*; D010371:Pediatric Nursing; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011203:Poverty / Q000523:psychology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011253:Pregnancy in Adolescence / Q000523:psychology*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D020377:Self Efficacy; D012944:Social Support; D013781:Texas; D044465:White People / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology*