Data Needs for Measuring Family and Fertility Change After Welfare Reform, June 2001

Douglas J. Besharov, ed., William D. Mosher and Joyce C. Abma, Stephanie J. Ventura, and Stanley K. Henshaw

Preventing Youthful Disconnectedness [PDF], 1998

Douglas J. Besharov and Karen N. Gardiner

Preventing Subsequent Births to Welfare Mothers, February 1998

Douglas J. Besharov and Peter Germanis, ed.

Sex Education and Abstinence: Programs, Research, and Evaluation , January 1, 1997

Douglas J. Besharov et al.

 

Op-Eds

The Contraceptive Gap: Millions for Cosmetics, Pennies for Better Birth Control [PDF], The Washington Post, March 12, 1995

Douglas J. Besharov

Life Is Not Just a Bowl of Condoms (PDF version), The Washington Post, May 1, 1994

Douglas J. Besharov

It's Time for Common Sense on Using Norplant [PDF], The Philadelphia Inquirer, May 23, 1993

Douglas J. Besharov

Teen Sex: Truth and Consequences (PDF version), The Orlando Sentinel, February 21, 1993

Douglas J. Besharov and Karen N. Gardiner

Beyond Murphy Brown: We're Ignorning the Fact that All Single Mothers Aren't Alike ( PDF version), The Washington Post, September 27, 1992

Douglas J. Besharov

 

Conference Papers

Pregnancy Prevention and Welfare Reform, June 5, 1998

Opening Remarks

Douglas J. Besharov

Parents and Teens on Love, Sex, and Relationships: Research, Parents Tips, and Polling Data. (PDF Version.)

Sarah Brown

Repeat Pregnancy for Those Not Pregnant at Program Entry

Marva Hammons

Is There a Link Between Welfare Reform and Teen Pregnancy?

Richard Nathan

Understanding the Rise in Illegitimacy (Slides. Tables.)

Robert Rector

Teenage Sexuality and Contraceptive Use, May 1, 1998

Teenage Sexual Behavior and Contraceptive Use: An Update. (PDF Version. Slides.)

Joyce Abma and Freya Sonenstein

Trends in Teen Sexual Behavior: Are They Real?.

Christine Bachrach

Trends in Teen Sexual Behavior [PDF]

Douglas J. Besharov and Karen Gardiner

Teens in Crisis: A Comprehensive Strategy to Protect Adolescent Health [PDF] (Slides)

Kate Michelman

Teenage Sexuality and Contraceptive Use: An Update

Tom Smith

Possible Explanations for Changes in Teenage Sexual Behavior [PDF]

Pat Funderburk Ware

Preventing Second Births to Teenage Mothers: Demonstration Findings, March 6, 1998

The Role of Psychological Factors

Marilyn Benoit

Opening Remarks (PDF Slides)

Douglas J. Besharov

Can Intervention Programs Prevent Subsequent Births to Teenage Mothers?

Lorraine Klerman

Research on Teen Parent Programs [PDF]

Rebecca Maynard

Repeat Teen Births (PDF Slides)

Kristin Moore

Prenatal and Infancy Home Visitation by Nurses: A Program of Research (Slides.)

David Olds

Abstinence Education Grants and Welfare Reform, June 6, 1997

Trends in Sexual Activity and Abstinence Among U.S. Men and Women (PDF Slides)

Christine Bachrach

Abstinence Education Grants Under Welfare Reform

David Bellis

Making Abstinence Work

Elayne Bennett

Using Abstinence Funding (Survey. Appendix.)

Sarah Brown

What Do We Know About Abstinence Programs?

Barbara Devaney

Abstinence Education Under Welfare Reform (Appendix A. Appendix B. Table 1.)

Ron Haskins and Carol Statuto Bevan

Abstinence Education Grants

Jodie Levin-Epstein

Programs and Approaches

Pat Funderburk Ware