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Researchers and evaluators studying adolescent behavior havedeveloped a wide array of research instruments for use intheir studies. In Handbook of Adolescent Sexuality andPregnancy, Josefina J. Card and her coeditors simplify thework of conducting new research by providing all the toolsnecessary to create research instruments from existingprototypes. It contains validated instrument items from long-term surveys such as the National Longitudinal Survey of Youthand the National Survey of Children for those interested indeveloping their own instrument. Abstracts of over 60previously designed and field-tested instruments are alsoincluded to facilitate secondary use--with information on howto easily obtain them. Finally, two short questionnaires thatcan be used by adolescent care programs and preventionprograms are included in their entirety. What′s more, allinstruments discussed in this book are in the public domainand available for immediate use. In short, this handbookcontains all the tools necessary to do research in the fieldWITHOUT having to create, pretest, and modify a new researchinstrument.While specifically designed for adolescent pregnancy studiesand evaluations, the material included in this resource willbe invaluable for researchers conducting a wide range ofstudies on adolescents, sexual behavior, pregnancy, health,and families."[This book does] a fine job of collating some of the mostimportant survey instruments in this field as well asdocumenting the many existing studies that have contributed toour understanding of adolescent pregnancy. The volume will bea very useful sourcebook for program evaluators andresearchers alike. It will contribute enormously to theability of those planning new projects to build on what hasgone before rather than ′reinventing the wheel.′"--Christine A. Bachrach, Center for Population Research,National Institute of Child Health and Human Development"This Handbook . . . performs a valuable service to the fieldin making the best measures more readily accessible toresearchers and program evaluators. . . . It will become animportant reference work for those who study these issues."--Brent C. Miller, Professor of Family and Human Development,Utah State University

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• Items and Scales Measuring Adolescent Pregnancy and its Antecedents and Consequences
• A Minimum Data Set for Evaluating Programs Aimed at Caring for Adolescent Mothers and their Children
• A Minimum Data Set for Evaluating Programs Aimed at Preventing Adolescent Pregnancy
• Instruments in the Data Archive on Adolescent Pregnancy and Pregnancy Prevention