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How to Support Pregnant and Parenting Teens: Voices from the Field
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Specifically, this report highlights the findings of two expert workgroups convened in January and July 2012 through the support of OAH's Pregnancy Assistance Fund (PAF), which provides competitive grants to state and tribal organizations that support pregnant and parenting teens and their families. The experts (including
physicians, university faculty, medical directors, psychologists,
researchers, Federal staff, and directors of programs and organizations
serving pregnant and parenting teens) were charged with the sizeable
task of summarizing the state of the field. Simply stated, they were
asked to describe "what works" when it comes to serving pregnant and
parenting teens and to identify the gaps and challenges that persist in
the field as well as opportunities to support this vulnerable
population.
The report summarizes:
- Promising practices in reaching, engaging and retaining pregnant and parenting teens,
- Effective program components when working with pregnant and parenting teens,
- Concrete examples for implementing those core components.
Pregnant
and parenting teens are not a "one-size-fits-all" population, but by
highlighting practical approaches to serving pregnant and parenting
teens that are relevant to practitioners, researchers and evaluators,
providers, and policy-makers, alike, this report serves as an important
resource for all stakeholders in the field of teen pregnancy and teen
pregnancy prevention.
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Child Trends Finds New Home in Bethesda
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A
week ago, the Child Trends team moved to larger offices in Bethesda,
Maryland, just a few miles from downtown Washington. The offices give us
more space for our team of 75 researchers and staff members (pictured),
more open spaces for collaboration and is just minutes away from the
Bethesda Metro stop. We look forward to hosting you at our offices
sometime!
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and read our latest post,
How to Support Pregnant and Parenting Teens: Ideas from the Field
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