PRIMARY PREVENTION OF ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY

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The scope and problems of adolescent pregnancy are far reaching. Social workers need strategies to help teenagers avoid early, unwanted pregnancy. This paper gives a promising approach to such primary prevention. Delivered in small groups, the cognitive-behavioral prevention strategy taps theory and empirical data on adolescent sexuality, contraception, and social work group methods. Prevention training incorporates facts about human reproduction and birth control, problem solving, decision making, and interpersonal skills. Results from two field studies describe short-term and longitudinal benefits of the prevention strategy. The paper discusses its benefits and how other social workers can advance cognitive-behavioral prevention.

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