Teenagers, Contraception, and Pregnancy*

Abstract

A cooperative program is reported which makes available to the school a series of group discussions on boy‐girl relations, sexual physiology, venereal disease, and contraception. Girls attending these sessions, if they so desire, may attend the University Hospital Teen Clinic for physical examination and contraceptive supplies. One hundred and seventy students attended groups, of whom 74 attended teen clinics, and 61 became contraceptors. A second city high school has been added to the program. Staff believes that as young women learn that pregnancy is their choice, they will move into responsible relationships with ability to handle adequately planned motherhood.

Self-reports of emotional distress in a sample of urban black high school students

“…The HSCL-90 indicated significant differences among the groups studied (Jacobs et al 1974;Rickels et al 1976;Hesbacher et al 1978;Huggins et al 1979;Winokur et al 1979;Freeman et al 1980). The opportunity to conduct a prevalence study of emotional distress in an adolescent group arose in conjunction with an educational outreach programme offered by the Department of Obstetrics/Gynecology of a large university in the health classes of several neighbouring public high schools (Dickens et al 1975;Mudd et al 1978). This paper reports the results of this study of 607 urban black high school students as self-assessed with the HSCL.…”