Open AccessSchool-Based Health Centers and the Decline in Black Teen Fertility During the 1990s in Denver, Colorado
Author(s) -
Sue Ricketts,
Bruce P. Guernsey
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2004.059816
Subject(s) - fertility , birth certificate , demography , total fertility rate , medicine , public health , adolescent health , birth rate , pregnancy , environmental health , gerontology , population , family planning , sociology , nursing , research methodology , biology , genetics
We examined the changes in Black adolescent fertility rates in high-school areas with school-based health centers and compared them over time with changes in rates in high-school areas without school-based health centers.