Describes program, housed in a public school building, which provides social health services, transportation, hot lunches, and a professional staff including a part time nurse. (CJ)

Schools, along with health care agencies, must be concerned with the prevention of teenage pregnancy, as well as with the health and education of the already pregnant student. To create an atmosphere conducive to seeking help, the policy of requiring pregnant students to withdraw must be abolished. In this study guidance counselor contact was…

Pregnancy among single college women is cause for much concern. This article suggests that the college should take the initiative in offering help and in seeking new ways of prevention. Institutions should provide medical care, counseling, and educational programs in an atmosphere of understanding, compassion, and trust. (Author/BY)

Describes opening of special school whose objective is to provide uninterrupted education for pregnant students. Not only does this school reduce load on homebound instruction, but it also provides link between it and reincorporation into school system. (Author)

Discusses social and medical parameters characterizing the incidence of adolescent pregnancy. Presents the Mayo Adolescent Parent Program model as an effective intervention for adolescents who opt to give birth. Program strengths include generation of peer support networks, utilization of counselors, and ongoing medical care. (WAS)

Studied relationship between preparenthood expectations and problems associated with the transition to parenthood. Parents expecting their first child completed a questionnaire before and after childbirth. Expectations did not differ significantly from subsequent perceptions of parenthood; however, mothers with less accurate expectations had more…

Therapist's pregnancy creates new problems and opportunities for therapeutic relationships. Patient reactions relate to impending separation and psychological and physical events of pregnancy. Pregnant therapists also have new reactions to patients and must consider potential benefits of communicating something personal about themselves. (NRB)

Tabulates information on the average loss of education by age at first birth, average annual income and hourly wage for women by educational attainment, expected annual reduction of income due to low educational attainment, and direct costs of subsequent fertility. Showed children born to teenagers were substantially more expensive. (Author)

Educators have begun to recognize that the public school system is an ideal setting in which to introduce the topic of birth defects prevention. A highly structured two week curriculum was developed using March of Dimes materials to teach inner-city school children about birth defects prevention. (JN)

Studied the hypothesis of a positive relationship between fear of death and fertility that was previously examined and confirmed among a sample subset. The present reinvestigation incorporated numerous methodological revisions and used a different measure of death fear. Findings amassed considerable evidence for rejection of the hypothesis.…

Alienated adolescent girls tend to be sexually active, tend not to use contraception effectively, and tend not to terminate pregnancy. Although they welcome a baby as a solution to lifelong problems, their poverty and drug abuse, inadequate nutrition, and lack of prenatal care put offspring at high risk. (Author/NRB)

A variety of consumer issues involved in education about pregnancy and childbirth are outlined for inclusion in health education programs. They include consumer concern prior to and during pregnancy, and surrounding childbirth. (JMF)

Reports on a program aimed at young Black, Spanish-speaking, Asian, and American Indian males in relation to family life education, planning, and parental concerns. The project develops an approach to the promotion of sexual responsibility and reduction of unwanted pregnancy through support and assistance to potential unwed fathers. (Author)

Early childbearing is shown to have an effect on the education of the mother, the size of her ultimate family, and her labor force participation. Early first birth was found to be less detrimental to the later economic well being of Black women than of White women. (RLV)