What Helps in Providing Contraceptive Services for Teens

This monograph, based on a review of twelve recent studies of adolescent clinics, presents an overview of what is known about clinic interventions that help prevent adolescent pregnancy. The authors provide information about three basic models (clinic-based interventions, school-based or school-linked interventions, and interventions that include peer providers) and the special protocols for adolescents within these models that appear to improve adolescent contraceptive use. The twelve most effective programs and their evaluations are also presented and summarized.