News tagged with teenage pregnancy
Peer-led sex education does not reduce abortions among teenagers
Nov 25, 2008 |
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A trial of peer-led sex education in schools in England has found that it is not more effective at reducing teenage abortions than the sex education classes given by teachers. However, the study, published in the open access ...
Enjoying school key to tackling teenage pregnancy
Nov 13, 2009 |
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Youth development programmes that tackle deprivation and help children and young people enjoy school are successful in reducing teenage pregnancy rates, say researchers in BMJ today.
Government-backed youth program pilot didn't reduce teenage pregnancies
Jul 08, 2009 |
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A government-backed youth development pilot programme in England, aimed at reducing teenage pregnancies, drunkenness or cannabis use, didn't reduce teenage pregnancies and other outcomes and might have increased pregnancies, ...
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Repeat pregnancies among UK teenagers on the increase
Jan 26, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An expert in health services at The University of Nottingham is calling for urgent action to improve contraceptive advice and services to reduce the growing number of repeat teenage pregnancies in the United ...
Scottish doc calls for kindergarten sex ed
Dec 31, 2007 |
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Scotland's senior public health official recommended sex education begin at age 5 to combat rising sexually transmitted disease and teenage pregnancy rates.
Smoking during pregnancy puts children at risk of psychotic symptoms
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 01, 2009 |
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Mothers who smoke during pregnancy put their children at greater risk of developing psychotic symptoms in their teenage years.
Study is first to link viewing of sexual content on TV to subsequent teen pregnancy
Nov 03, 2008 |
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Adolescents who have high levels of exposure to television programs that contain sexual content are twice as likely to be involved in a pregnancy over the following three years as their peers who watch few such shows, according ...
Maternal depression and controlling behavior associated with increased stress response in infants
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 18, 2007 |
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Teenage pregnancy is widely recognized to be a major public health concern. These young mothers face many life challenges and they have an increased risk for becoming depressed. How might the behavior of these young mothers ...
Teenage boys take less responsibility for preventing the spread of chlamydia
Oct 13, 2009 |
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Teenage boys in Sweden take less responsibility than girls for preventing the spread of chlamydia and other sexually transmitted infections, according to a new study from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, ...
Many British girls choose early motherhood
Jul 17, 2006 |
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Teenage girls in Britain who get pregnant are mostly doing it by choice, a new study found.
Schools crack down on teen 'sexting'
Sep 01, 2009 |
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At 19, Melanie Young knows firsthand about the devastating consequences of sexting.
Survey: British girls have sex earlier
Nov 14, 2006 |
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A survey of British young people finds that girls are twice as likely as boys to have sexual intercourse before the age of 16.
Early bad behaviour predicts troubled path, according to study
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Jan 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- It seems the ill-advised roads taken early in life are mostly one-way.
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