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Adolescent fathers-can they be reached
September 1983
ABSTRACTS
215
A d e s c r l p t i w e ~nelymis o f s r~r81 county in ~pmt&te 1~.¥., de~onetra~nS ~ m ~ , l ~ i e c h a r s c t e H s t l c s of cosmu~ltte8 u s o c l L t e A v i t h the incidence o~ adolescent r i s k tak~ws ~ e h a ~ o l ~ , ~e ~esd l o c a l l y ~.0 p r ~ t e o~uw~u~ty r e a p o u a / b l l t t ¥ f o r decreMLn~ adolescent p r o b l u u , and could s e r v e as a model fO~ r e s e a r c h . The 19~0 cens~s presided d e ~ r e D h / c d£t&: l~oYer~y, l a y - c o s t h a s s l e | , lpubl~.C M,sis*,,ImCe, m,.el~lo~met~t., oCoUpe~tion8, mob~lity. ~em~le headed ~edallies. and l i q u o r l i c s n s e s . 8 t a t / s t i e d f o r l i e y e ~ ~or 1~,70~ ~olsscents ~ e II~20 yeLrs rare stt~L/sd. N.Y. Baste F u d l y Plain•n8 and ~otor Vehicle Bureau pi~3rLded d a t e on adolescent pregnancies sad Ariwsrs iu motor ~ e h i c l e aceiden~s. ~ e ounber o~ school dropouts. ~elooles. sad y~uth on ~robetion v e r e obtained i o c L t l y . B~Knlf/csat d~tfeTences demonstrated between comn~n~tiss by ch~ a q u a e (p O.0Ol) and ave c~t~es by ~ e s t ~ r o p o r ~ o o s (p 0.001) provided cltaes For c O m e , lay plarmtr~: ~doleJcent r i s k tskinK i s h i g h e r ~or the reaLdeuts o~ larKer c m m u n i t i e s where lerviees are most a c c e s s i b l e ; 10 d r l v e r e / l O 0 s a l s a Jq~e 1~-20 have ~ o t o r ~ehtc~e a c c i d e n t s / y e a r ; ~wsK~noles ~ndeT N&e l~, felonies, and youth on pr~bLtion ~re a~l ~ r k e d l Y lea8 in the clay v i t h Fever l i q u o r licenses~ and sore adu~ta.vlth proFeosiona~ p o s i t i o n s and c o l l e e e educations. 8AS/GRAPHt e b l e l , p~e c h ~ r t | j block and bar Kra~h|pn~Vided~nforluation for loc8~ ~ e ~ l c i e s . the ~edLs. ~ld s l i d e present~tionx. Oyer]ooksd data h u promoted improvement of sdolaecs~t s e r v l o e s sad ~eh&viorl in s rm'al ~ounty and could be ~ e d by Ll~ ~dvo~etea f o r youth.
Abstracts Read by Title Only at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Adolescent Medicine October 1983
N)gLESC(NT FATH~S-r.J~ TH(Y 8£ R(AcHr0? J. Keh~ end A. Elster, Oept. of Pads., Un(v. of Utah College of Hedlclne, 3LC, Utah. There has been /nora•sad fnterest In the we/fare and parental role of adolescent f • H r S o The g~ersl bellef has been that young fathers •re reslst~nt to outreach efforts. The purpose of this study was to assess the efftcacy of o F•tMrs 0utreach Program (F.O.P.) deve|oped by a co~prehens/ve teen pregnancy progrm. The pregnancy program provides servtces to vcmen •gad 17 or.younger: 66J~ere marrfed or engaged • t dei(ver~; 4ZJ~of ~ l e p•rtoers •re sclWol age (18 or you~er); end 30S i r e age 19 andi0. ~n the S ms. period p r i o r to f ~ p i ~ n t e t l o n o f the F.0.P, prospectlve fathers mire teen "as needed': 17 of 41 u l e p•rU~rs (4IS;) were f n t e r v l e ~ d f o r a psychosoclal |ssessm~t; |0 (SK) attended ~ 1 prenatal c11nt¢ v i s i t ( s ) and Z (|2~) mire s h e f o r C0~Se)| W. A Mw prograB dfrected I~y • male s t a f f m r was developed to f e c l l t t e t e , fathers' participation utah the pregnancy and to assess ps~chosocl•| concerns. Fathers mire (story(amid etther ~n person or b? phase. Durtng t M subseqmmt S sos.. 41 o f 60 a l e P e r t • e r e (68J} were fntervlemid. 34 (83|) ett~nded,~ l prenatal c l i n i c vtsSt(s) and w r e again seen by the psycho$oclal s~tff, 9 (22X) attended evening g r i p classes developed as I ~ r t o f the F.0,P., 8 (20X) mire s H n f o r ~ Z sap•rate counsel|n5 sessions and Z (S~) vere seen for •cute psD:-hosocfa! dfstress. |n Sum~r~. f~11ovlng the developeent of the F.0.P. frequency of co, tact with fathers f~reased by 66|. This. coupled with respective Increases In oUwr interventions Indicated that young f•t~Ars respoeded to mar outrea(h e f f o r t s .
ACrIOI-ILIIIAI~ IWALU~ION 8TlU1TGY POJt A~OLJISCiWf rlLKklff CAU IqUXIAIO. P . T . C I b l I n , g . L . P o l s n e , Oepta. of F ~ L e t r L c a - - 4 ~ c e l o l ~ and 0 b B t s t r l c a , Wdmy'nm
| C i t e ;AziversLty, Detroit, K£ch14aa. Throe recent trends L~ the primary u r e of edoloecoete u r | e *be development of • d?uanl¢ Proerem e ~ e l u a s t o l a t ~ a t a l y t (1) M o l e e a s e • prJamry c a r e p ~ r r m m e r e beans d ~ e l o p e 4 ~ the b ~ f s of t3m o e t t t h e t i c x l models. 'namely t h e pl~vio/.ou of h e a l t h c a r e v £ t h In the fdmlly trait wnreu8 u a l e e e | r q ~ J t o d c t l n l c a l e r c ¢ i q , (2) adoleecoet h e a l t h care concerns Include eo~lel . . a b e h a v i o r a l con8nelyelo of CarViCN sad o r~- e I m c a d ~ ~ propeeed to addr,.,s these ~ a ~ . The par•claim's a t r e c q y l a c l u d u d e f l n i t t ~ u of p e t l o a t I~Jmlatfou. deter~tM&lon of pethm~ h u l t h c a r e noed~, e p e c i f l ~ z ~ o ! oerT~e ~ b J e c t l v a a . ~ae~mtt of health care r ~ r c o e e v a l £ ~ l e t o a n t t h e s e obJe©t l ~ e g , and o e t a d D l ~ t of e v e s ' s a l e " yrecMuroe of s e r v i c e o a t cane and p r o c e ~ t o which tke p r o r r -m 4- r u p o ~ l w t , £dolucect prJamr7 c a r e p r o f t am- a r e r e v i s e d In t h e i r u e l l l s e t i ¢ ~ o f thJe per-dl~n.
ABSTRACTS
215
A d e s c r l p t i w e ~nelymis o f s r~r81 county in ~pmt&te 1~.¥., de~onetra~nS ~ m ~ , l ~ i e c h a r s c t e H s t l c s of cosmu~ltte8 u s o c l L t e A v i t h the incidence o~ adolescent r i s k tak~ws ~ e h a ~ o l ~ , ~e ~esd l o c a l l y ~.0 p r ~ t e o~uw~u~ty r e a p o u a / b l l t t ¥ f o r decreMLn~ adolescent p r o b l u u , and could s e r v e as a model fO~ r e s e a r c h . The 19~0 cens~s presided d e ~ r e D h / c d£t&: l~oYer~y, l a y - c o s t h a s s l e | , lpubl~.C M,sis*,,ImCe, m,.el~lo~met~t., oCoUpe~tion8, mob~lity. ~em~le headed ~edallies. and l i q u o r l i c s n s e s . 8 t a t / s t i e d f o r l i e y e ~ ~or 1~,70~ ~olsscents ~ e II~20 yeLrs rare stt~L/sd. N.Y. Baste F u d l y Plain•n8 and ~otor Vehicle Bureau pi~3rLded d a t e on adolescent pregnancies sad Ariwsrs iu motor ~ e h i c l e aceiden~s. ~ e ounber o~ school dropouts. ~elooles. sad y~uth on ~robetion v e r e obtained i o c L t l y . B~Knlf/csat d~tfeTences demonstrated between comn~n~tiss by ch~ a q u a e (p O.0Ol) and ave c~t~es by ~ e s t ~ r o p o r ~ o o s (p 0.001) provided cltaes For c O m e , lay plarmtr~: ~doleJcent r i s k tskinK i s h i g h e r ~or the reaLdeuts o~ larKer c m m u n i t i e s where lerviees are most a c c e s s i b l e ; 10 d r l v e r e / l O 0 s a l s a Jq~e 1~-20 have ~ o t o r ~ehtc~e a c c i d e n t s / y e a r ; ~wsK~noles ~ndeT N&e l~, felonies, and youth on pr~bLtion ~re a~l ~ r k e d l Y lea8 in the clay v i t h Fever l i q u o r licenses~ and sore adu~ta.vlth proFeosiona~ p o s i t i o n s and c o l l e e e educations. 8AS/GRAPHt e b l e l , p~e c h ~ r t | j block and bar Kra~h|pn~Vided~nforluation for loc8~ ~ e ~ l c i e s . the ~edLs. ~ld s l i d e present~tionx. Oyer]ooksd data h u promoted improvement of sdolaecs~t s e r v l o e s sad ~eh&viorl in s rm'al ~ounty and could be ~ e d by Ll~ ~dvo~etea f o r youth.
Abstracts Read by Title Only at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Adolescent Medicine October 1983
N)gLESC(NT FATH~S-r.J~ TH(Y 8£ R(AcHr0? J. Keh~ end A. Elster, Oept. of Pads., Un(v. of Utah College of Hedlclne, 3LC, Utah. There has been /nora•sad fnterest In the we/fare and parental role of adolescent f • H r S o The g~ersl bellef has been that young fathers •re reslst~nt to outreach efforts. The purpose of this study was to assess the efftcacy of o F•tMrs 0utreach Program (F.O.P.) deve|oped by a co~prehens/ve teen pregnancy progrm. The pregnancy program provides servtces to vcmen •gad 17 or.younger: 66J~ere marrfed or engaged • t dei(ver~; 4ZJ~of ~ l e p•rtoers •re sclWol age (18 or you~er); end 30S i r e age 19 andi0. ~n the S ms. period p r i o r to f ~ p i ~ n t e t l o n o f the F.0.P, prospectlve fathers mire teen "as needed': 17 of 41 u l e p•rU~rs (4IS;) were f n t e r v l e ~ d f o r a psychosoclal |ssessm~t; |0 (SK) attended ~ 1 prenatal c11nt¢ v i s i t ( s ) and Z (|2~) mire s h e f o r C0~Se)| W. A Mw prograB dfrected I~y • male s t a f f m r was developed to f e c l l t t e t e , fathers' participation utah the pregnancy and to assess ps~chosocl•| concerns. Fathers mire (story(amid etther ~n person or b? phase. Durtng t M subseqmmt S sos.. 41 o f 60 a l e P e r t • e r e (68J} were fntervlemid. 34 (83|) ett~nded,~ l prenatal c l i n i c vtsSt(s) and w r e again seen by the psycho$oclal s~tff, 9 (22X) attended evening g r i p classes developed as I ~ r t o f the F.0,P., 8 (20X) mire s H n f o r ~ Z sap•rate counsel|n5 sessions and Z (S~) vere seen for •cute psD:-hosocfa! dfstress. |n Sum~r~. f~11ovlng the developeent of the F.0.P. frequency of co, tact with fathers f~reased by 66|. This. coupled with respective Increases In oUwr interventions Indicated that young f•t~Ars respoeded to mar outrea(h e f f o r t s .
ACrIOI-ILIIIAI~ IWALU~ION 8TlU1TGY POJt A~OLJISCiWf rlLKklff CAU IqUXIAIO. P . T . C I b l I n , g . L . P o l s n e , Oepta. of F ~ L e t r L c a - - 4 ~ c e l o l ~ and 0 b B t s t r l c a , Wdmy'nm
| C i t e ;AziversLty, Detroit, K£ch14aa. Throe recent trends L~ the primary u r e of edoloecoete u r | e *be development of • d?uanl¢ Proerem e ~ e l u a s t o l a t ~ a t a l y t (1) M o l e e a s e • prJamry c a r e p ~ r r m m e r e beans d ~ e l o p e 4 ~ the b ~ f s of t3m o e t t t h e t i c x l models. 'namely t h e pl~vio/.ou of h e a l t h c a r e v £ t h In the fdmlly trait wnreu8 u a l e e e | r q ~ J t o d c t l n l c a l e r c ¢ i q , (2) adoleecoet h e a l t h care concerns Include eo~lel . . a b e h a v i o r a l con8nelyelo of CarViCN sad o r~- e I m c a d ~ ~ propeeed to addr,.,s these ~ a ~ . The par•claim's a t r e c q y l a c l u d u d e f l n i t t ~ u of p e t l o a t I~Jmlatfou. deter~tM&lon of pethm~ h u l t h c a r e noed~, e p e c i f l ~ z ~ o ! oerT~e ~ b J e c t l v a a . ~ae~mtt of health care r ~ r c o e e v a l £ ~ l e t o a n t t h e s e obJe©t l ~ e g , and o e t a d D l ~ t of e v e s ' s a l e " yrecMuroe of s e r v i c e o a t cane and p r o c e ~ t o which tke p r o r r -m 4- r u p o ~ l w t , £dolucect prJamr7 c a r e p r o f t am- a r e r e v i s e d In t h e i r u e l l l s e t i ¢ ~ o f thJe per-dl~n.