title: Programs for adolescent mothers are needed.
abstract: This column reviews the article "The Door's Perinatal Program for Pregnant and Parenting Teens" [Journal of Perinatal Education, 9(2), 39-46] and acknowledges the need for innovative programs to help reduce the risks associated with adolescent pregnancy and teen births.
authors.affiliation: W endy B udin is an Associate Professor of Nursing and the Program Director of the Lamaze International Childbirth Educator Program in the College of Nursing at Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey. She is a Fellow in the American College of Childbirth Educators and a member of Lamaze International's Education Council Faculty Assembly.
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Budin