Date of Award
1996
Document Type
Thesis
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]
Hektor, Lynne M.
Abstract
The high rate of adolescent pregnancies and births in the United States has had an extensive impact on individual, family, community, and national issues related to health and economics. Teenagers, many of whom are already of lower socioeconomic status, are at risk for preterm birth and low birth weight, as well as incomplete use of available services. This inquiry used a retrospective comparative research design to evaluate the effectiveness of Project Teen in Palm Beach County, Florida. Project Teen is a multidisciplinary program offering a continuum of support services to pregnant adolescents and newly parenting adolescents and their infants until the infants are 2 years old. Through frequent contacts, home visitation, resource referral, counseling, and education the health care professionals collaborate with the clients to facilitate clients' choices which will maximize families' health potential. Home visitation by care coordinators and senior community health nurses was positively related to pregnancy, family health, and family socioeconomic outcomes.
Extent
89 p.
Recommended Citation
Adam, Barbara J., "Effectiveness of a multidisciplinary program on pregnancy outcomes for an adolescent population: A comparative study" (1996). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1990 - 1999. 909.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_4/909
Identifier
FADT15248
Comments
Thesis (M.S.N.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1996.|Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Thesis (M.S.N.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1996.