Teen girl pregnancy pact?

Teen girl pregnancy pact?

Few recent stories about teen pregnancy have been so compelling as the item that surfaced in June 2008 in Time magazine, and was then zoomed around the world’s media post haste. The location is Gloucester, Massachusetts – America’s oldest seaport. The venue is Gloucester High School. The protagonists are a 17-strong group of girls, aged 14–16 years, who over the past calendar year have become p...

Progressive aphasia and vision loss in a teen-aged girl.

A 16-year-old female honor student presented for evaluation of vertigo, headache, mild aphasia, and blurred vision. Her symptoms started approximately 2 months earlier when she experienced 3–4 days of intense vertigo and ear pain that waxed and waned and then gradually subsided. Her bifrontal headache initially was intermittent, but over the next several months, increased in severity and durati...

Teen Sexuality and Pregnancy in Nevada

Teen pregnancy: trends and lessons learned.

Many of the provisions of the 1996 law overhauling the nation’s welfare system will expire at the end of the current fiscal year on September 30. The reauthorization process likely will set the stage for a major debate over one of the law’s main stated goals, reducing out-of-wedlock births, and how best to achieve it. Social conservatives favor programs and policies encouraging marriage and pro...

Guidance for Teen Pregnancy Prevention Researchers

ABOUT THIS RESEARCH BRIEF This ASPE Research Brief was written by Brian Goesling of Mathematica Policy Research as part of an ongoing systematic review of the teen pregnancy prevention literature. Since 2009, Mathematica and its partner, Child Trends, have conducted the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Evidence Review under contract with HHS. The review aims to identify, assess, and rate the rigor of ...