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Science and Success: Sex Education and Other Programs That Work to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, HIV, and Sexually Transmitted Infections. Third Edition. Executive Summary
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Alford, Sue – Advocates for Youth, 2012
Teen pregnancy in the United States has declined significantly in the last two decades. Despite these declines, rates of teen birth, HIV, and STIs in the United States remain among the highest of any industrialized nation. Socio-economic, cultural and structural factors such as poverty, limited access to health care, racism and unemployment…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Sex Education, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
From the Beginning: Early Head Start Children, Families, Staff, and Programs in 2004. CLASP Head Start Series. Policy Brief No. 7
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Hamm, Katie; Ewen, Danielle – Center for Law and Social Policy, Inc. (CLASP), 2006
As Congress prepares to make important decisions about the future of Head Start, Program Information Report (PIR) data provide important contextual information about Early Head Start programs and the children and families they serve. In 2004, Early Head Start served a diverse group of infants, toddlers, and pregnant women, most of whom were from…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Job Training, Pregnancy, Integrated Services
Complex Developmental Issues of Prenatal Drug Exposure.
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Kronstadt, Diana – Future of Children, 1991
Reviews studies of the effects of prenatal drug exposure on child development, and reviews ideal early intervention programs. Researchers agree that prenatal drug exposure is only one of many factors that can influence a child's development. Specialized treatment programs and family support can ameliorate prenatal drug exposure effects. (SLD)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Patterns, Child Development, Congenital Impairments