Purpose Reducing disparities in teen pregnancy and birth rates among African American
and Latina teens is a central focus of a community-wide teen pregnancy prevention initiative …

Objective: In a unified framework, the authors estimate whether romantic relationship
activities and parental attitudes predict contraception use and consistency, and whether …

Context: Family planning programs and policies increasingly focus on the male partner's
roles and responsibilities in contraceptive decision-making and use. To effectively tailor …

Despite the association between religiousness and conservative sexual attitudes, links
between religion and patterns of parent–child communication about sex and birth control are …

This paper compares three groups of urban black teenagers at their enrollment in a
contraceptive program and at a one-year follow-up. The groups comprise 263 never …

African American males between ages 13 and 24 are disproportionately affected by
unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) such as chlamydia …

Maternal disapproval of premarital sex, maternal discussions about birth control and the
quality of the parent-child relationship may have an important influence on adolescents' …

Purpose This study assessed the extent to which personal characteristics, knowledge and
beliefs, and family interactions and relationships are related to the occurrence of mother …

Objectives.—Pregnancy rates among Filipino American adolescents exceed those of other
Asian and Pacific Islander adolescents. Strong parent-adolescent communication may …

Objective. To examine predictors of mother–adolescent communication about condoms.
Methods. Interviews were conducted with 907 mothers of adolescents aged 14 to 17 years in …