Teen Births: Nearly One-Half To Hispanics

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dc.contributor.authorOlivero, Magaly
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-14T15:07:04Z
dc.date.available2019-08-14T15:07:04Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractYanisha Claudio, 15, of Hartford, tenderly swaddled three-week-old Jordan, hoping he wouldn’t wake up. “He was crying until four o’clock in the morning,” said the weary Bulkeley High School freshman. It’s been a tough year for Claudio, whose boyfriend broke up with her after a trip to the emergency room confirmed she was more than five months pregnant. At home for now, Claudio juggles the demands of being a mother and a student with help from a daily tutor, a case worker who visits weekly, and the baby’s grandmother, a former teen mother herself. “I never thought this would happen to me,” said Claudio. “I don’t know anything about being a mother.” While teen pregnancy rates have declined nationwide and in Connecticut, statistics and interviews show an intergenerational cycle of children-bearing-children puts Hispanic teens in Connecticut at risk of giving birth once, or even twice, before their twenties. Hispanic teen…
dc.description.urihttps://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/health/entry/teen_births_nearly_one-half_to_hispanics/health/entry/health/entry/health/entry/health/entry/teen_births_nearly_one-half_to_hispanics
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/j9hi-gw7m
dc.identifier.citationOlivero, Magaly (2012) Teen Births: Nearly One-Half To Hispanics. New Haven Independent .
dc.identifier.otherEprint ID 3799
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/24329
dc.subjectHealth Equity
dc.subjectDisparities
dc.subjectPolicy
dc.subjectPrenatal & Pediatric Health
dc.titleTeen Births: Nearly One-Half To Hispanics
dc.typeArticle

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