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Building an evidence base to inform interventions for pregnant and parenting adolescents: A call for rigorous evaluation

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  • Lachance, C.R.
  • Burrus, B.B.
  • Scott, A.R.

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Adolescent parents and their children are at increased risk for adverse short- and long-term health and social outcomes. Effective interventions are needed to support these young families. We studied the evidence base and found a dearth of rigorously evaluated programs. Strategies from successful interventions are needed to inform both intervention design and policies affecting these adolescents. The lack of rigorous evaluations may be attributable to inadequate emphasis on and sufficient funding for evaluation, aswell as to challenges encountered by program evaluators working with this population. More rigorous program evaluations are urgently needed to provide scientifically sound guidance for programming and policy decisions. Evaluation lessons learned have implications for other vulnerable populations.

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  • Lachance, C.R. & Burrus, B.B. & Scott, A.R., 2012. "Building an evidence base to inform interventions for pregnant and parenting adolescents: A call for rigorous evaluation," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 102(10), pages 1826-1832.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2012.300871_2
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.300871
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    1. Lieberman, Lisa D. & Kaplan, Alejandra & Scholey, Laura & Kohomban, Jeremy & Lausell-Bryant, Linda, 2020. "Strategic partners: Enhancing the ability of foster care agencies to serve the special needs of young mothers," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 110(C).
    2. Sylvie Lévesque & Claire Chamberland, 2016. "Resilience, Violence, and Early Pregnancy," SAGE Open, , vol. 6(1), pages 21582440166, March.
    3. Jessica Harding & Jean Knab & Susan Zief & Kevin Kelly & Diana McCallum, "undated". "A Systematic Review of Programs to Promote Aspects of Teen Parents’ Self-Sufficiency: Supporting Educational Outcomes and Healthy Birth Spacing," Mathematica Policy Research Reports 05e656f1b4a54dae83654795b, Mathematica Policy Research.

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