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Resources by Topic: Teen pregnancy

The Best and Worst Places for Children in America
Includes an interactive map ranking states and counties on their ability to care for and protect children, with data on child poverty, COVID-19 vulnerability, and more. Users can select and compare counties on various threats to childhood, such as deaths before age 18, teen pregnancy, food insecurity, and school dropouts.
Additional links: Childhood in the Time of COVID
Date: 2021
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Save the Children Federation, Inc.
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Adolescent and Teenage Pregnancy Report, Kansas, 2018
Summarizes research examining teen pregnancy in Kansas from 2014-2018. Includes rural/urban comparisons and county-level information on pregnancy and birth rates, with data broken down by age and year.
Author(s): Lee Norman, Kay Haug, Cathryn Savage, David Oakley, Greg Crawford
Date: 07/2020
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Kansas Department of Health and Environment
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Wyoming Vital Statistics Services - 2018 Annual Report
Provides vital statistics for the state of Wyoming, including data on birth rate, teen births, death rate, cause of death, and more. Tables include county-level data and show change over time.
Author(s): Guy Beaudoin, Mariah Storey
Date: 09/2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Wyoming Department of Health
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E-Cigarette Minimum Legal Sale Age Laws and Traditional Cigarette Use among Rural Pregnant Teenagers
Uses 2010-2016 data from 32 states to explore how minimum legal sale age laws for e-cigarettes affects cigarette use among pregnant teenagers in rural areas. Provides data and statistics on smoking before and during pregnancy, underage teen births, and birth outcomes. Includes rural/urban comparisons.
Author(s): Michael Pesko, Janet Currie
Citation: Journal of Health Economics, 66, 71-90
Date: 07/2019
Type: Document
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The Cost of Implementing a Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program in High School Health Classes
Examines estimated costs for implementing an adapted version of the "Reducing the Risk" curriculum in rural Kentucky high schools during the 2013-2014 school year. Also compares these costs with those of 9 other federally-funded evidence-based teen pregnancy prevention programs.
Date: 03/2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Administration for Children and Families
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2018-19 PREP Evaluation: Evaluation Report
Evaluates the Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP) in Iowa, which targets at-risk youth in rural areas or areas with high teen birth rates who are homeless or in foster care to help reduce the transmission of sexually transmitted infections and unintended pregnancies. Includes data from entrance and exit surveys regarding services heard of and used for each community targeted, including 2 rural communities.
Author(s): Natoshia M. Askelson, Patrick Brady, Felicia Pieper, Lejla Avdic
Date: 2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: University of Iowa Public Policy Center
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Creating a Blueprint for Our Future: Louisiana State Health Assessment and Improvement Plan, March 2016-March 2020
Offers an overview of the health of the Louisiana population and identifies goals for improvement at both the state and regional levels. Discusses rural-specific considerations throughout. Includes maps indicating rural areas and Health Professional Shortage Areas.
Date: 12/2018
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Louisiana Department of Health
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QuickStats: Birth Rates by Urbanization Level and Age Group of Mother — National Vital Statistics System, United States, 2017
Line chart showing birth rates for rural and urban mothers by age for 5-year age ranges starting at age 15-19 and ending at age 40-44.
Citation: MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 67(45), 1281
Date: 11/2018
Type: Chart/Graph
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Evaluating a Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program in Rural Kentucky
Reports on an evaluation of an adapted, shorter "Reducing the Risk" teen pregnancy prevention curriculum delivered in rural Kentucky high schools by local health departments. Evaluated student outcomes using survey data one year and two years after the programs were delivered.
Author(s): Brian Goesling, Joanne Lee, Robert G. Wood, Susan Zief
Date: 10/2018
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Administration for Children and Families
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QuickStats: Repeat Birth Rates for Teens, by Urbanization Level of County — National Vital Statistics System, 2007–2016
Line chart showing the number of repeat births to females aged 15–19 years per 1,000 for rural and urban areas.
Citation: MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 67(35), 998
Date: 09/2018
Type: Chart/Graph
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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