The development of programs for pregnant and parenting teens.
The impact of early pregnancy and parenting on adolescents is well documented, with its negative effects on achieving adequate education, job skills training, gainful employment and economic independence duly recognized. While current interest and resources focus on abstinence only programs as major pregnancy prevention initiatives, we are increasingly failing those young women who have chosen early parenthood as a life option. This article will describe the efforts of a large urban hospital to provide hospital-based comprehensive services to pregnant and parenting teens to reduce the negative consequences to them and their children, and to help them to become effective parents and lead healthy, productive lives.
Rothenberg
Andrea
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The Department of Health Education at The Mount Sinai Hospital of Mount Sinai NYU Health, New York, NY 10029, USA.
Weissman
Andrew
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D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D004651:Employment; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education; D006786:Hospitals, Urban / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008427:Maternal Health Services; D008430:Maternal-Child Health Centers / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009519:New York City; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D011203:Poverty; D011247:Pregnancy; D011253:Pregnancy in Adolescence / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*; D011322:Primary Prevention; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012649:Self Concept; D012657:Self-Help Groups / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012948:Social Work Department, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*