Overview
The author provides social work practitioners with research-based information necessary to develop prevention programs and policies that target young people according to their different levels of early sex, pregnancy, and parenthood experiences. The need to develop policies and services designed to reduce teenage pregnancy in ways appropriate for the social worker's specific client population is emphasized throughout.
Identifying and synthesizing the wide literature on prevention theory and practice, this book offers "best practice" applications for effective social work intervention.
Special issues of teens, such as the relation between alcohol, drug use, and early sex and pregnancy, and the needs of the children of teens are also explored.
Synopsis
This study provides social workers with research-based advice for developing youth pregnancy prevention programs and policies that take into account young people's different levels of early sex, pregnancy, and parenthood experiences. Farber (social work, U. of South Carolina) also considers the special needs of children of teens, and the links between alcohol, drug use, early sex and pregnancy. Brown (social work, S. Carolina College) and Shapiro (social work and research, Bryn Mawr College) each contribute a chapter to the book. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR