I need help with finding information for an annotated bibliography on the statistics of young african mothers having babies at young ages

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Hello Tavara,

Thank you for contacting the Argosy Library.

To find articles on your topic, navigate to the library homepage and enter your keywords into the Library Search bar near the bottom of the screen. 

Here are a few suggestions for your keywords.

  • Teenage African American mothers
  • Teenage African American births
  • Teenage African American pregnancy
  • Teenage birth rates
  • Minority teenage births

When your results are displayed you can further refine your results with the options on the left, including Full-Text, Peer-Reviewed, and Source Type.

 

Click the title of the article to open to full article.

Here are a few articles I found that may be of interest to you.

Barr, A. a., Simons, R. r., Simons, L. l., Gibbons, F. r., & Gerrard, M. m. (2013). Teen Motherhood and Pregnancy Prototypes: The Role of Social Context in Changing Young African American Mothers’ Risk Images and Contraceptive Expectations. Journal Of Youth & Adolescence, 42(12), 1884-1897. doi:10.1007/s10964-013-9912-x
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Hoskins, D. d., & Simons, L. (2015). Predicting the Risk of Pregnancy Among African American Youth: Testing a Social Contextual Model. Journal Of Child & Family Studies, 24(4), 1163-1174. doi:10.1007/s10826-014-9925-4
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CHILDREN HAVING CHILDREN: A CASE STUDY. (2016). Journal of the International Academy for Case Studies, 22(1), 45-50.
http://www.thecampuscommon.com/library/ezproxy/ticketdemocs.asp?sch=auo&turl=http://search.ebscohost.com.libproxy.edmc.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=116593125&site=eds-live

You may also want to visit the website for the National Center for Health Statistics.  They provide a page for Teen Birth data as well as other information regarding teen/adolescent pregnancy.

Please let us know if we can assist further.

Sincerely,

Amanda Henderson
Argosy University Library Services

  • Last Updated Jul 26, 2017
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