Teenage Pregnancy and Parenthood (eBook, ePUB)

Global Perspectives, Issues and Interventions
Redaktion: Holgate, Helen; Yuen, Francis K. O.; Evans, Roy

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The debate of teenage pregnancy and parenthood continues to be a topical media and political issue, and a contested policy area. Covering the controversial issues, this book contributes to the debate, filling the gap in the current market. The strong chapter selection looks at areas such as:educationsocial policy and welfare reforms in the UK and USissues for young fatherschild sex abusegirls with emotional and behavioural difficulties.This is invaluable reading for those working on government strategies to reduce teen pregnancies and those working in sex education and youth care.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Oktober 2006
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134280452
• Artikelnr.: 38256617

Autorenporträt

Helen S. Holgate is a sexual health counsellor, trainer and registered nurse with considerable experience of working with people of all ages in relation to sexual health, including young people, who are in need of information and counselling about pregnancy and related issues. Her PhD thesis provided a discourse analysis of the contexts and experiences of young mothers. Roy Evans is a Professor of Education, Brunel University. He has been actively involved in research and publications in the general area of children and young people 'at risk', including young deaf children's education, drug education, inclusive education, early childhood education, specific learning difficulties and autism, for more than 35 years. Francis K. O. Yuen is a Professor of Social Work at California State University, Sacramento. He has published in the areas of family health social work practice, programme evaluation and grant writing, diversity, and disability.

Inhaltsangabe

1. A Current Overview of Teenage Pregnancy 2. Young Mothers as Peer
Educators in School Based Sex Education 3. Teenage Pregnancy and Social
Exclusion or Teenage, Social Policy and Welfare Reform in Britain and the
US 4. Educational Issues for Young Mothers 5. Issues Relating to Young
Fathers 6. Mexican American Teens 7. The Intersection Between the Issue of
Child Sexual Abuse and Teenage Pregnancy 8. Teenage Sex Education in Hong
Kong/ AIDS Related Service 9. Teenage Pregnancy Among Hong Kong Chinese 10.
Early Marriage of the Hmong in America: the Effects of Pregnancy on Teens
who are Married 11. Teen Pregnancy and Girl Students with Emotional and
Behavioural Difficulties 12. Controversial Issues