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Download full textWisconsin Executive Committee on Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention, Madison. – 1998
The Executive Committee and the Subcommittee on Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention were charged to develop and provide leadership to implement a state plan to reduce adolescent pregnancy in Wisconsin. Both the negative outcomes for adolescent parents and their children and the cost to society are at issue. This document serves as a first step to…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Early Parenthood, Pregnancy, Prevention
Sweet, Richard; And Others – 1991
Wisconsin legislation on adolescent pregnancy prevention is discussed in this document. The 1991 Senate Bill 324 and Assembly Bill 630, identical bills which relate to adolescent pregnancy prevention, school district instruction in human growth and development, medical assistance services, and making appropriations, are discussed. Part I notes…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Elementary Secondary Education, Pregnancy, Pregnant Students
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. – 1988
Testimony concerned: (1) difficulties and successes in obtaining private and public medical services experienced by Illinois citizens with health problems during pregancy; (2) Illinois' efforts to deal with high infant mortality, including descriptions of intervention programs, excerpts from the data report of Illinois' 1988 Human Services Plan,…
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Community Programs, Crisis Intervention, Family Planning
Illinois State Council on Nutrition, Springfield. – 1982
The responsibilities of the Illinois State Council on Nutrition include studying and making recommendations concerning the following objectives: (1) introducing and developing information, subjects, and programs about nutrition for school curricula; (2) coordinating feeding programs for pre-school and school-age children, the elderly, and pregnant…
Descriptors: Eating Habits, Educational Resources, Elementary Secondary Education, Health Education
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. – 1988
Testimony concerned: (1) problems a high-risk, low-income mother had in receiving prenatal care; (2) dimensions of the infant mortality problem in Chicago, Illinois; (3) programs of the Illinois Department of Public Aid (IDPA) that address the problem; (3) the need for the IDPA to design a plan to implement SOBRA (the 1986 Sixth Omnibus Budget…
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Church Role, Community Programs, Crisis Intervention
King, Martha P. – 1988
This publication addresses the issue of low birthweight and what state legislatures can do to reduce its incidence, particularly in regard to ensuring prenatal care. Other than prevention of unwanted pregnancies, provison of good prenatal care is the most effective strategy for reducing the number of low birthweight babies. This text describes:…
Descriptors: Birth Weight, Blacks, Cost Effectiveness, Family Planning
