An Adolescent Guidance Program: Study in Education for Marital Health

An initial analysis of experiences in a relatively new multidisciplined unit caring for unwed pregnant adolescents adds further support to belief in the value of such special services. The 135 teenage gravidas of this report came mostly from broken homes, had little awareness of contraception, and were largely ignorant of the physiology of sex. Such factors underscore the need for more than a simple obstetric program; it reveals the essentiality of one that attempts to cope with educational, psychologic, and social facets.