Latina Adolescent Childbearing in East Los Angeles

by Erickson, Pamela I.

• ISBN13: 9780292720930
• ISBN10: 0292720939
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-04-01
• Publisher: Univ of Texas Pr

Summary

Preventing teen pregnancy has become a national goal, but a one-size-fits-all strategy for achieving it may never be found. Because varying social and cultural factors lead to pregnancy among different ethnic/class groups, understanding these factors is essential in designing pregnancy prevention programs that work. This book explores the factors that lead to childbearing among Latina adolescents.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	viii	(1)
List of Tables	ix	(2)
Preface	xi	(2)
Acknowledgments	xiii
Chapter 1. Introduction	1	(8)
Chapter 2. Culture, Norms, and Adolescent Childbearing	9	(26)
Chapter 3. The East Los Angeles Repeat-Pregnancy Prevention Project	35	(12)
Chapter 4. Los Angeles, the Hospital, and the Research Team	47	(15)
Chapter 5. The Latina Teen Mothers	62	(37)
Chapter 6. Prenatal Care and Birth Outcome	99	(15)
Chapter 7. Prevention of Repeat Pregnancy	114	(15)
Chapter 8. Contraceptive Use: The Intervening Variable	129	(20)
Chapter 9. Implications for America's War on Teenage Pregnancy	149	(16)
Postscript	165	(2)
Appendix A. Data-Collection Forms and Variables	167	(2)
Appendix B. Methods and Variable Definition for Quantitative Data	169	(4)
Notes	173	(6)
Bibliography	179	(12)
Index	191