Teen Parents in Project Redirection Have a Better Chance of Avoiding Pregnancy and Finishing School

The Chances for Children Teen Parent–Inf

The Chances for Children Teen Parent–Infant Project: Results of a pilot intervention for teen mothers and their infants in inner city high schools

✍ Hillary A. Mayers; Michaela Hager-Budny; Elizabeth B. Buckner 📂 Article 📅 2008 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 339 KB

## Abstract Adolescent motherhood poses serious challenges to mothers, to infants, and ultimately to society, particularly if the teen mother is part of a minority population living in an urban environment. This study examines the effects of a treatment intervention targeting low‐income, high‐risk