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  • Title: Ameliorating the impact of teen-age pregnancy on parent and child.
    Author: Bell CA, Casto G, Daniels DS.
    Journal: Child Welfare; 1983; 62(2):167-73. PubMed ID: 6831978.
    Abstract:
    The increase in teen-age pregnancy creates a growing population of young mothers unable to care adequately for themselves or their children. Responding to budget cuts in Utah, the authors report on a program that combines the resources of an agency and a university program to teach mothers child care and self-sufficiency, promotes the healthy development of their children, and gives field training to social work students. This article reports on a program that combines the resources of an agency and a university program to teach mothers child care and self sufficiency, promotes the healthy development of their children, and gives field training to social work students. The program was a response to budget cuts in Utah and awareness that the increase in teengage pregnancy creates a growing population of young mothers unable to care adequately for themselves or their children. The increase is attributed to a drop in the age of menarche and a steady increase in the number of sexually active young people. In Utah, where conservative mores concerning sexuality predominate, teenage unmarried mothers frequently perceive themselves as alienated from the mainstream of society and human service agencies have been unable to deal adequately with the increased demands for service. The Single Parent Project combines the resources of the Children's Aid Society and the Early Childhood Research Program at Utah State University to help pregnant adolescents and their at risk preschool children. In 1980-81, a core group of 15 mothers and 29 children were serviced. Mothers had to meet 4 criteria from a list that included health problems, economic privation, substance abuse, age factors, deficient parenting, negative or no support network and previous victim of abuse. Children had to meet two or more criteria including birth problems, nutrition, developmental and behavioral problems or reported victim of abuse or neglect. The program included weekly group sessions with mothers, and home intervention using individualized plans for each child. Activities and resources used are described. Success is measured in a comparison with non program users. A significantly higher percentage of program graduates found employment, went on to college, had less dependence on welfare and fewer referrals for child abuse. The programs next phase calls for an experimental design to test the program's effectiveness.
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