High rate of Hispanic teen pregnancies targeted
Tagged: birth rate, population, teen pregnancy“Teen pregnancy rates among Hispanics in Bexar County and across the U.S. remain stubbornly high and are decreasing more slowly than teen birth rates overall, according to a recent report that seeks more culturally relevant ways to reach this growing population.
Fifty-one percent of Hispanic teen girls get pregnant at least once before age 20, says the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy’s latest report, “Bridging Two Worlds: How Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs Can Better Serve Latino Youth.” That compares with the national average of 35 percent of all teens ”” still a high number, but one that has dropped dramatically in the past decade.”
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March 12th, 2006
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