Limits of the comprehensive services model: The case of adolescent pregnancy programs
作者:
Sylvia B. Perlman,
Richard A. Weatherley,
期刊:
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
(WILEY Available online 1986)
卷期:
Volume 5,
issue 2
页码: 326-339
ISSN:0276-8739
年代: 1986
DOI:10.1002/pam.4050050209
出版商: Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
AbstractDuring the past 15 to 20 years a comprehensive services model, incorporating health, social, and educational components, has been the preferred mechanism for addressing the problems associated with adolescent pregnancy. This paper offers an assessment of the model based on a study of ten communities in four states. The widely recognized service needs of pregnant teenagers give the model a compelling logic, but we find inherent obstacles that seriously constrain its implementation. These constraints are exacerbated in an era of social welfare cutbacks. We conclude that short‐term local sewice programs, although better than no services at all, are unlikely to meet their objective
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