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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"African-American adolescent mothers"”.
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Sexual Risk Taking Behaviors Among African American Adolescent Mothers: An Ecological Perspective
Young African American women of childbearing age are at high risk for Human Immunodeficency Virus (HIV) exposure and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Using an ecological perspective, this study examined the influence of several individual, familial, and neighborhood factors on the sexual …
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Correlates and Predictors of Parenting and Problem Behaviors in Young Children of African American Adolescent Mothers
… examined in a sample of fifty-four low-income African American adolescent mothers pregnant with their first child. Mothers participated in a structured interview during the prenatal period and again six years later. Maternal parenting efficacy and mother's reports of child negative affect and …
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More Than Me: The Voices Of African American Adolescent Mothers And Their Pursuit of Post-Secondary Education
<p>Adolescent mothers are not a homogenous group. Like non-parenting adolescents they come from various educational and socio-economic backgrounds. Adolescent mothers are generally labelled to be at high risk of dropping out of school, making poor life choices, and ultimately living poor life …
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Development and evaluation of a breastfeeding intervention and the infant feeding subjective norm scale
… health. However, breastfeeding rates among African American, adolescent mothers are much lower than same-aged mothers of different races. Therefore, the overall goal of my dissertation research was to further our understanding of the factors contributing to lower breastfeeding rates among …