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Teen Pregnancy And The Latino Community: Informing A Youth Worker, Lindsey N. Boster Decker
Teen Pregnancy And The Latino Community: Informing A Youth Worker, Lindsey N. Boster Decker
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Across the nation we are experiencing very high numbers of teen pregnancies within the Latino community. Time is of the essence, with schools and communities finding themselves increasingly overwhelmed with questions on how to address this issue. This research project identified some of the major risk and protective factors specific to teen pregnancy in the Latino community, some of the key behaviors and beliefs that make teen pregnancy in the Latino community a complex matter, and recommendations for educators/youth workers who encounter this circumstance in their own work. Research for this project was gained via in-depth interviews with four research …