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We conducted an evaluation of a parent education program for the prevention of child maltreatment that served urban teen, unmarried mothers at risk for child maltreatment. Three to five years after the birth of their children, program graduates (n = 125) were significantly less likely than controls (n = 410) to have founded reports of maltreatment in the state database. On the basis of a follow-up phone call to a subset of 80 program graduates and 40 controls, mothers who enrolled in the 12-week parent education/support program showed trends toward being more likely to have completed high school, taken some college courses, and delayed subsequent pregnancies until after age 21.
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Britner, P.A., Reppucci, N.D. Prevention of Child Maltreatment: Evaluation of a Parent Education Program for Teen Mothers. Journal of Child and Family Studies 6, 165–175 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1025046623650
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