Welcome to Current Research

In this section, you will find a glossary of research terms, authored papers, and summaries of current journal articles related to adolescent pregnancy prevention.

Research Glossary

Authored Papers

• Designing an Online Course for an Educational Web Site: a Step-by-Step Approach
• Parent-Child Connectedness
  • A Logic Model of Parent-Child Connectedness: Using the Behavior-Determinant-Intervention (BDI) Logic Model to Identify Parent Behaviors Necessary for Connectedness with Teen Children
  • Parent-Child Connectedness: New Interventions for Teen Pregnancy Prevention
  • Parent-Child Connectedness: Voices of African-American and Latino Parents and Teens — findings from a 2004 focus group study
  • Summary of Parent-Child Connectedness: Findings from an on-line survey of practitioners, including charts of results
  • Comprehensive Literature Review on Parent-Child Connectedness: Implications for Research, Intervention, and Positive Impacts on Adolescent Health (a pdf file)
  • Complete Bibliography on Parent-Child Connectedness, A-L
  • Complete Bibliography on Parent-Child Connectedness, M-Z
    (See also the January 2004 Topic in Brief for more information on this topic.)
• Teens and Older Partners by Michael Males, Ph.D.
• Racial/Ethnic Disparities & Cultural Competency in Teen Pregnancy, STD & HIV Prevention by Barbara W. Sugland, MPH, ScD
• ReCAPP's 2004 User Survey: Summary of Findings
  • Graphic Presentation of Some Findings (a Flash document)

Bibliographies

• Coalitions and Preventing Teen Pregnancy
• Latino Adolescents and Reproductive Health

Research Summaries

• September 2008: Is Emergency Contraception Safe?
• May-June 2004: Older Boyfriends and Girlfriends Increase Risk of Sexual Initiation in Young Adolescents
• April 2004: Early Sexual Initiation: the Role of Peer Norms
• March 2004: Self-Esteem as a Predictor of Initiation of Coitus in Early Adolescents
• March 2003: Preventing Teen Pregnancy: Youth Development and After-School Programs
• December 2002/January 2003: Mothers' Influence on Teen Sex: Connections that Promote Postponing Sexual Intercourse
• November 2002: Decision Making for Pregnant Adolescents: Applying Reasoned Action Theory to Research and Treatment
• November 2002: Patterns of Consultation Among Adolescent Minors Obtaining an Abortion
• October 2002: The Trade-Off Between Hormonal Contraceptives and Condoms Among Adolescents
• September 2002: Secondary Sexual Characteristics in Boys
• September 2002: Secondary Sexual Characteristics and Menses in Young Girls Seen in Office Practice
• June 2002: A Randomized, Controlled Trial of a School-based, Multi-faceted AIDS Education Program in the Elementary Grades
• March 2002: Sexuality Education in Fifth and Sixth Grades in U.S. Public Schools
• February 2002: Reason for Hope: A Review of Research on Adolescent Religiosity and Sexual Behavior
• November 2001: Body-Image and Eating Disturbances Predict Onset of Depression Among Female Adolescents: A Longitudinal Study
• October 2001: Sex Education Programs for People With Mental Retardation
• September 2001: Peer Effects on Adolescent Sexual Debut and Pregnancy: An Analysis of a National Survey of Adolescent Girls
• July/August 2001: The Association of Sexual Behaviors with Socioeconomic Status, Family Structure, and Race/Ethnicity among U.S. Adolescents
• June 2001: Impact Evaluation of the "Not Me, Not Now" Abstinence-Oriented, Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Communications Program
• May 2001: College Students' Attitudes Regarding Vaccination to Prevent Genital Herpes
• April 2001: SIECUS study on 1998-1999 Sexuality Education Controversies in the United States
• March 2001: Personal and Ethnic Identity, Values, and Self Esteem Among Black and Latino Adolescent Girls
• February 2001: Factors Predicting Safe-Sex Talk and Condom Use in Early Sexual Relationships
• December 2000/January 2001: Working with Young People — Towards an Agenda for Sexual Health
• November 2000: Exploring Associations in Developmental Trends of Adolescent Substance Use and Risky Sexual Behavior in a High-Risk Population
• September 2000: Date Rape Among Adolescents and Youth Adults
• August 2000: High Prevalence and Incidence of Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Urban Adolescent Females Despite Moderate Risk Behaviors
• June 2000: Sexual Intercourse, Abuse and Pregnancy Among Adolescent Women: Does Sexual Orientation Make a Difference?
• May 2000: Adolescent Pregnancy and Sexual Risk-Taking Among Sexually Abused Girls
• April 2000: Families Matter: A Research Synthesis of Family Influences on Adolescent Pregnancy
• March 2000: The Impact of Abstinence-only Programs
• February 2000: Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention: A Review of Interventions and Programs
• November 1999: Room to Grow: Improving Services for Pregnant and Parenting Teenagers in School Settings
• October 1999: Age Differences Between Sexual Partners in the United States
• September 1999: Piecing Together the Puzzle of Teenage Childbearing
• August 1999: Short-term impact of Safer Choices: A multicomponent, school-based HIV, other STD, and pregnancy prevention program
• June 1999: Role of Peers in Teen Pregnancy Risk and Prevention
• January 1999: Reducing Adolescent Pregnancy: Programs That Work

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