INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENT MEDICINE AND HEALTH

 

Special issue: International Aspects of Adolescent Pregnancy

Guest editor: Jane Allen

 

Volume 14, No. 2, April - June 2002

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

EDITORIAL

      Does abstinence make the heart grow fonder?

      Jane Allen .............89

REVIEW ARTICLES

      Adolescent pregnancy in the United States

      Lorraine V. Klerman ...............91

      Reducing the rate of teen pregnancy in Canada: A framework for action

      Dianne Rogers and Kelli Dilworth .................97

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

      Socio-cultural factors influencing adolescent pregnancy in rural Nepal

      Sarala Shrestha ...............101

      Mobile outreach services for young people

      Julie Edgecombe and Barbara O’Rourke ................111

      A case control study of a deprivation triangle: teenage motherhood, poor educational achievement and unemployment

      Terry Bradley, Margaret E. Cupples, and Helen Irvine ..................117

      Sexual Health Advice Centre

      Mandy Hagley, Holly Pearson and Chris Carne .................125

      The experience of young people with contraceptive consultations and health care workers

      Rebecca S. French ................131

      Community-based adolescent health services in Israel: from theory to practice

      Rachel Wilf-Miron, Fabienne Sikron, Saralee Glasser and Vita Barell ............139

      Effectiveness of current therapy of bacterial vaginosis

      Petya M. Andreeva and Hatim A. Omar .............145

      Improved continuation rate of Depot-Medroxyprogesterone acetate in adolescent mothers

      Hatim Omar, Amy Fowler and Sandy D’Angelo ...............149

      Teenagers at risk of unintended pregnancy: identification of practical risk markers for use in general practice from a retrospective analysis of case record in the United Kingdom

      Dick Churchill, Jane Allen, Mike Pringle, and Julia Hippisley-Cox ...............153

TRENDS AND MILESTONES IN ADOLESCENCE

      Adolescent pregnancy in Israel

      Joav Merrick and Mohammed Morad ..............161

BOOK REVIEWS ...............165

CALENDAR OF EVENTS ...............169

 

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ISSN 0334-0139/14:2

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