This critical review uses the frameworks of intersectionality and structural gendered racism
to understand the racialized, gendered, and class-based oppression regarding the …

This study evaluated the effects of peer counseling in a culturally specific adolescent
pregnancy prevention program for African American females. A random pretest and multiple …

African Americans are the second largest minority population in the United States. They are
at greater risk for many diseases, especially those associated with low-income, stressful life …

Adolescent childbearing represents a departure from what is thought to be the normative
developmental course of adolescence in the United States. This early transition to …

This article is an exploratory descriptive investigation of the meanings given by pregnant
African American adolescents to the experience of being pregnant. Twenty-one participants …

The purpose of this grounded theory was to discover the social processes used by Thai
adolescents with unintended pregnancies throughout the childbearing year. Twenty Thai …

Exposure to violence and fear of violence in relation to hopefulness and anger were
investigated for 30 teenage Black girls 14 to 19 years of age. Information from focus groups …

The incidence of HIV/AIDS is rapidly increasing among adolescents and young adults with
some studies linking sexual risk taking and self-esteem. A convenience sample of 39 …

In Human Behavior in the Social Environment from an African American Perspective,
leading black scholars come together to discuss complex human behavior problems faced …

In recent years the phenomenon of young black grand-motherhood is attracting the attention
of social scientists in many disciplines. This problem stems from the fact that young …