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1.Ohio State University; TV drama can be more persuasive than news program, study finds

http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=0&did=1975866141&SrchMode=2&sid=1&Fmt=3&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS=1271273601&clientId=4130

those who watched a news program detailing the difficulties caused by teen pregnancies were unmoved, and had no change in their intentions to use birth control. The results show the power that narratives like TV shows can have in influencing people, said Emily Moyer-Guse, co-author of the study and assistant professor of communication at Ohio State University.

2. Teen Pregnancy: An American Dilemma

http://www.virginia.edu/marriageproject/pdfs/print_teenpregnancy.pdf

Throughout the history of the world, until the modern era, teen pregnancies were the norm. When a young girl became sexually mature she was married off and soon accomplished that for which she is biologically designed, giving birth to the next generation. Teen pregnancies

are still the norm in much of the developing world. Each child born to a young girl normally is considered a blessing.

3. TEEN PREGNANCY PREVENTION THROUGH EDUCATION

http://www.csus.edu/calst/Government_Affairs/reports/Teen_Pregnancy_Prevention_Through_Education.pdf

The issue of how to prevent teenage pregnancy revolves around what factors are identified as the causative influences. Some researchers regard prevention programs, regardless of how well thought out and implemented, as doomed, because the issue of teenage pregnancy involves

the social whole.

4. Reducing Teen Pregnancy: Adolescent Family Life and Abstinence Education Programs

http://www.law.umaryland.edu/marshall/crsreports/crsdocuments/RS2087310042004.pdf

In 2003, 47% of students in grades 9-12 reported that they had experienced sexual intercourse; about 20% of female teens who have had sexual intercourse become pregnant each year. In recognition of the often negative, long-term consequences

associated with teenage pregnancy, Congress has provided funding for the prevention of teenage and out-of-wedlock pregnancies. This report discusses two programs that exclusively attempt to reduce teenage pregnancy. The Adolescent Family Life (AFL)

demonstration program was enacted in 1981 as Title XX of the Public Health Service Act, and the Abstinence Education program was enacted in 1996 as part of the welfare reform legislation. This report will be updated as new information becomes available.

5. Could Hollywood trick you into getting pregnant?

Seventeen Magazine, April 2010 Issue by Marina Khidekel

Teen sex or pregnancy are all over the TV and movies-but do they tell the real story? Or do they plant a dangerous seed that could change your life in an instant. This article tells the story of four young women who have experienced teen births. Also, it tells the story of actress Shailene Woodley, the star of The Secret Life of an American Teenager, tells her story of what it's like to play an all american teen who becomes pregnant.

6. Subsequent Pregnancies and Births Among Adolescent Mothers

http://www.cpeip.fsu.edu/resourcefiles/resourcefile_76.pdf

The likelihood that a teen mother will finish high school, break the cycle of welfare dependency, and rise above her social standing, all diminish rapidly with the arrival of each succeeding infant. *