Science news articles about 'teenage pregnancy rates'

... with high quality sex education and contraceptive services, are successful in lowering teenage pregnancy rates. They say the results "provide a small, but reliable, evidence base that early childhood ...

... in teens' reproductive health." Although the teenage pregnancy rate in the United States has declined sharply since ... rates among industrialized nations. Nearly 1 million young women become pregnant ...

... . Ten focus groups were held with 35 teenagers who had accessed nurse-led sexual health ... youth clubs in areas where teenage pregnancy rates are high. The participants were presented with a series ...

... , an extended program is needed to establish whether they can have a more marked effect on teenage pregnancy rates. And although the authors say the results should "temper high-expectations about the ...

... at reducing criminal behaviour in juvenile justice teens has yielded a surprising side benefit. The program is also reducing the teens' rate of pregnancy, according to a new study out this week...