Sexual health promotion programming for youth in or at-risk for foster care: Improving knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors.
Among girls in foster care, 48% become pregnant at least once by age 19 (Dworkey & Courtney, 2010). Teen moms are less likely to graduate from high school and their children also are more likely to be placed in foster care due to abuse or neglect (Hoffman, 2006). Furthermore, 50% of 21-year-old...
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FIU Digital Commons
2016
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| Online Access: | http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/2626 http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3729&context=etd |