Outlines some school district programs which continue the educational program of unmarried pregnant students. (Author)

The Maternity Continuity Clinic, conducted by obstetrics faculty, helps students versed in basic physician skills to make an obstetrics-gynecology career choice. (IR)

Registration with a social agency, required attendance of prenatal care, school lunch, milk, and health an nutritional education are elements of a public school program for teenage mothers which is described in this article. Significantly fewer premature births and infant deaths are reported as a result of the program. (DM)

Describes a nutrition education packet for natural childbirth (Lamaze) classes. The packet consists of four 15- to 20-minute lessons, each containing goal, objectives, questions (with answers), activities, and pamphlets. List of goals and sample activities are included. (JN)

The Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service presents parenthood education for adolescents through minicourses, correspondence courses, and a newsletter series. Teenage pregnancy has declined in 11 of the 13 counties in which the program operates. (SK)

Analyzed data from a national probability sample of 15 through 19-year-old women to determine the influence of parents and peers on premarital sexual behavior, contraceptive use, and premarital pregnancy. Results show women with views resembling those of parents have low levels of premarital experience. (Author)

A study comparing the processes of arriving at fertility decisions in marriage shows that the husband's preference for children or for childlessness controls more often than the wife's preference in either case. Using two childless samples and one sample with children, the strong effect of male preference was found. (Author)

Compared beliefs, perceptions, and decisions of Black and White adolescents on having children. Both Black males and females expressed stronger beliefs than White respondents that having children promotes greater marital success, personal security, and approval. Blacks expressed stronger beliefs that couples should have as many children as they…

Investigated the ontogeny of fetal autonomic, motoric, state, and interactive functioning in 31 healthy fetuses from 20 weeks through term. Found that male fetuses were more active than female fetuses, and that greater maternal stress appraisal was associated with reduced fetal heart rate variability. Found that an apparent period of…

Defines community level interventions for prevention and health promotion, describing their appeal, offering examples of community level interventions that demonstrate their promise, summarizing literature reviews that document that the promise is not realized regularly, and proposing that models to bridge the gap between science and practice via…