The Second Chance Club: repeat adolescent pregnancy prevention with a school-based intervention

The Second Chance Club, a high school–based intervention for pregnant and parenting adolescents, was evaluated to determine the repeat birth rate among participants. A retrospective case-controlled cohort study was conducted (participants, n = 50; control subjects, n = 255) over 3 years after enroll...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of adolescent health 2001-03, Vol.28 (3), p.167-169
Hauptverfasser:	Key, Janice D, Barbosa, Gail A, Owens, Virginia J
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adolescent Health Services Adolescent Mothers Adolescents Adult Biological and medical sciences Birth Rate Clubs Female High Schools Humans Intervention Medical sciences Pregnancy Pregnancy in adolescence Pregnancy in Adolescence - prevention & control Prevention Prevention and actions Program Evaluation Public health. Hygiene Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine Retrospective Studies Risk Factors Risk-taking School Health Services South Carolina South Carolina - epidemiology Specific populations (family, woman, child, elderly...) Unwanted Pregnancy
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Zusammenfassung:	The Second Chance Club, a high school–based intervention for pregnant and parenting adolescents, was evaluated to determine the repeat birth rate among participants. A retrospective case-controlled cohort study was conducted (participants, n = 50; control subjects, n = 255) over 3 years after enrollment in the intervention. Repeat births occurred in 3/50 (6%) of participants and 95/255 (37%) of controls ( p < .05).
ISSN:	1054-139X 1879-1972
DOI:	10.1016/S1054-139X(00)00186-5