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Jan

Massachusetts Alliance on Teen Pregnancy

   Posted by: R Haasch

The Massachusetts Alliance on Teen Pregnancy advocates statewide and mobilizes communities to prevent teen pregnancy, to increase opportunities for youth and young parents and to empower young people to make healthy decisions about relationships, sex, parenting and life.

http://www.massteenpregnancy.org

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9
Nov

Pregnant teens take up smoking to avoid pain of childbirth

   Posted by: R Haasch

Pregnant teenagers are taking up smoking in the hope of having smaller babies so that childbirth is less painful, a Government minister warned. Labour’s public health minister Caroline Flint made the extraordinary claim after discussions with health professionals and young mothers. Miss Flint warned women that the practice was futile because the commonly-held idea that giving birth to a large baby is more painful is a myth.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-408367/Pregnant-teens-smoking-avoid-pain-childbirth.html

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3
Nov

Study links sexual content on TV to teen pregnancy

   Posted by: R Haasch

Sexual content on television is strongly associated with teen pregnancy, a new study from the RAND Corporation shows. Researchers at the nonprofit organization found that adolescents with a high level of exposure to television shows with sexual content are twice as likely to get pregnant or impregnate someone as those who saw fewer programs of this kind over a period of three years. It is the first study to demonstrate this association, RAND said…

http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/11/03/teen.pregnancy/index.html

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