International Handbook of Adolescent Pregnancy

Medical, Psychosocial, and Public Health Responses

Häftad, Engelska, 2016

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With reports spanning the developed and developing worlds, this book surveys factors influencing childhood pregnancy. Brings international perspective to the challenges and needs of very young mothers, and the diversity of social and professional responses.

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Utgivningsdatum2016-08-27
Mått178 x 254 x 39 mm
Vikt1 344 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor712
FörlagSpringer-Verlag New York Inc.
ISBN9781489979759

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Dr. Andrew L. Cherry, Jr., DSW, ACSW is the Medicaid Endowed Professor in Mental Health at the University of Oklahoma, School of Social Work. He has worked in the helping professions since receiving his BS degree from Troy State University, Troy, Alabama, in 1969. While working as a child welfare worker in Alabama he became interested in the growing phenomena of teenage pregnancy. He received his Masters of Social Work from the University of Alabama in 1974 and worked as a psychiatric social worker at Bryce Hospital, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. He received his doctorate from the Columbia University School of Social Work in 1986. Over his academic career, he has published numerous professional articles and books and presented papers at numerous professional conferences where he explored international issues such as adolescent pregnancy from a mental health perspective. This is his second edited book on international adolescent pregnancy. The first book was published in 2001. Dr. Cherry and Dr. Dillon collaborated on both books.

An International Perspective on Adolescent Pregnancy.- Biological Influences of Adolescent Pregnancy.- Adolescent Maternal Health and Childbearing.- Adolescent Pregnancy and Mental Health.- International View of Adolescent Fathers.- Adolescent pregnancy: A Feminist Issue.- Adolescent Pregnancy as a Social Problem.- Adolescent Pregnancy & LGBTQ.- Argentina.- Australia.- Canada.- Chile.- Colombia.- Costa Rica.- Eastern Europe.- France.- Germany.- India.- Indonesia.- Iraq.- Ireland.- Japan.- Mexico Netherlands.- Nicaragua.- Nigeria.- Philippines.- Portugal.- Russia.- South Africa.- South Korea.- Spain.- Sweden.- Switzerland.- Turkey.- Uganda.- United Kingdom.-United States .- Vietnam.