Moving into Parenthood: a program for new adolescent mothers combining parent education with creative physical activity.
OBJECTIVE
To describe a school-based program combining traditional parent education with creative physical activity classes to assist newly delivered adolescent mothers to develop positive parenting behaviors while remaining in school.


CONCLUSIONS
The program contains sessions on parenting information, creative coping strategies, fitness, and role modeling of positive parenting behaviors to help young mothers learn healthy parenting skills as they continue in their own adolescent development.


CONCLUSIONS
The content and teaching strategies can be adapted for individual or group clinical work with teen mothers and their infants in a variety of community settings as well as in school-based healthcare programs.
Sadler
Lois S
LS
Yale University School of Nursing, New Haven, CT, USA. lois.sadler@yale.edu
Cowlin
Ann
A
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D003237:Connecticut; D003479:Curriculum; D005081:Exercise Therapy / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D005717:Games, Experimental; D006266:Health Education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009035:Mothers / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011253:Pregnancy in Adolescence / Q000523:psychology*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012380:Role; D012572:School Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*