Adolescents' Knowledge and Beliefs about Pregnancy: The Impact of "ENABL."

Explores which factors predicted changes in knowledge and beliefs among middle school students (N=1450) after exposure to a pregnancy prevention program. Results show that the single most important predictor of improvement in knowledge and beliefs about pregnancy prevention was the program itself, n...

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Published in:Adolescence 2000, Vol.35 (139), p.485-498
Main Authors: Arnold, Elizabeth Mayfield, Smith, Thomas Edward, Harrison, Dianne F, Springer, David W
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adolescent Behavior
Adolescent psychology
Adolescents
Beliefs
Biological and medical sciences
Curriculum
Education
Female
Florida
Health Behavior
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Humans
Junior High School Students
Knowledge
Male
Medical sciences
Middle School Students
Middle schools
Predictor Variables
Pregnancy
Pregnancy in Adolescence - psychology
Pregnancy in Adolescence - statistics & numerical data
Prevention
Prevention and actions
Program Evaluation
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Sex Education
Sexual behavior
Sexual Behavior - psychology
Sexual Behavior - statistics & numerical data
Specific populations (family, woman, child, elderly...)
Students
Surveys and Questionnaires
Teenage pregnancy
Teenagers
Unwanted Pregnancy
USA
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Summary:Explores which factors predicted changes in knowledge and beliefs among middle school students (N=1450) after exposure to a pregnancy prevention program. Results show that the single most important predictor of improvement in knowledge and beliefs about pregnancy prevention was the program itself, not background variables. (MKA)
ISSN:0001-8449