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What Will It Take to Further Reduce Teen Pregnancy in the U.S.?
Journal of Adolescent Health
Vol. 66Issue 5p522–523Published in issue: May, 2020
- Sarah S. Brown
Cited in Scopus: 1
This issue of the Journal of Adolescent Health includes a particularly noteworthy paper based on a cross-national comparison of adolescent sexual activity, contraceptive use, and pregnancy in the U.S. and Britain [1]. The data presented are important because although we all celebrate significant declines in teen pregnancy in each nation, rates remain higher in both nations than in other wealthy industrialized nations. If we can pinpoint the factors associated with past progress in both nations, it may be possible to find ways to ensure that the declines continue and perhaps even accelerate.