Unplanned teenage pregnancy is one of the most challenging problems facing society today. To meet this challenge, a number of programmes designed to prevent unplanned pregnancies among adolescents have been launched. But which ones are the most successful?
In this volume, researchers, evaluators and programme directors collectively examine the best designed and most extensively evaluated adolescent pregnancy prevention programmes. These cover education, contraception and other approaches, and encompass a variety of school, medical and community settings.
Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Programs - Josefina J Card, James L Peterson and Catherine G Greeno
Design, Monitoring, and Evaluation
Small Group Sex Education at School - B Helen Thomas et al
The McMaster Teen Program
Enhancing Social and Cognitive Skills - Richard P Barth et al
An Information and Skills Approach for Younger Teens - Marion Howard and Judith A McCabe
Postponing Sexual Involvement Program
A Comprehensive Age-Phased Approach - Heather Johnston Nicholson and Leticia T Postrado
Girls Incorporated
Life Options and Community Service - Susan Philliber and Joseph P Allen
Teen Outreach Program
School-Linked Reproductive Health Services - Laurie Schwab Zabin
The Johns Hopkins Program
School-Based Clinics - Douglas Kirby and Cindy Waszak
A Health Beliefs Field Experiment - Marvin Eisen and Gail L Zellman
Teen Talk
Comparing Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Programs - Brent C Miller and Roberta L Paikoff
Methods and Results
Professor James C. Peterson is the C. C. Dickson Associate Professor of Ethics at Wingate University. He has been a Research Fellow in Molecular and Clinical Genetics at the University of Iowa, earned a Ph. D. in Ethics at the University of Virginia, and is an ordained minister. His interdisciplinary work has led to being named a Fellow by the American Scientific Affiliation, a Fellow of the Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity, to a Templeton Award, and to a research group regularly hosted by faculty of Oxford University. His book, Genetic Turning Points: the Ethics of Human Genetic Intervention, has just been released. Please visit www.eerdmans.com for additional information.
