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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2011a). About teen pregnancy. Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/TeenPregnancy/AboutTeenPreg.htm

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2011b). Health disparities and inequalities report--United States. Fact sheet: Health Disparities in Adolescent Pregnancy and Childbirth. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/minorityhealth/chdir/2011/factsheets/adolescentpregnancy.pdf (PDF, 2 pages)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2011c). Quick stats: Birth rates* for teens aged 15–19 years, by state—United States, 2009. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 60(06), 183. Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6006a6.htm

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2011d). Reducing teen pregnancy: Engaging communities. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/teenpregnancy/practitioner-tools-resources/diverse-communities.html

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2012). Prepregnancy contraceptive use among teens with unintended pregnancies resulting in live births – Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS), 2004-2008. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 61(02), 25-29. Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6102a1.htm?s_cid=mm6102a1_e

Covington, R., Peters, H. E., Sabia, J. J., & Price, J. P.  (2011). Teen fatherhood and educational attainment: Evidence from three cohorts of youth. 

Fletcher, J. M., & Wolfe, B. L. (2011). The effects of teenage fatherhood on young adult outcomes. Retrieved from http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1465-7295.2011.00372.x/abstract

Hamilton, B. E., & Ventura, S. J. (2012). U.S. teenage birth rate resumes decline. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. NCHS Data Brief, 58, 1-8. Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db89.pdf (PDF, 8 pages)

Hoffman, S. D., & Maynard, R. (Eds.). (2008). Kids having kids: Economic costs & social consequences of teen pregnancy (2nd ed.). Washington, DC: The Urban Institute Press.

Kirby, D., Lepore, G., & Ryan, J. (2005). Executive summary: Sexual risk and protective factors. The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy. Retrieved from http://recapp.etr.org/recapp/documents/theories/ExecutiveSummary200712.pdf (PDF, 16 pages)

Kost, K., & Henshaw, S. (2012). U.S. teenage pregnancies, births and abortions, 2008: National trends by age, race and ethnicity. Washington, DC: Guttmacher Institute. Retrieved http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/USTPtrends08.pdf (PDF, 19 pages)

Martinez G, Copen C. E., Abma J. C. (2011). Teenagers in the United States: Sexual activity, contraceptive use, and childbearing, 2006–2010 National Survey of Family Growth. National Center for Health Statistics. Vital Health Stat 23(31). Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_23/sr23_031.pdf (PDF, 44 pages)

Mathews, T. J., Sutton, P. D., Hamilton, B. E., & Ventura, S. J. (2010). State disparities in teenage birth rates in the United States. NCHS data brief, 46, 1-8. Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db46.pdf (PDF, 8 pages)

National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy (2011). The public cost of teen childbearing: Key data. Retrieved from http://www.thenationalcampaign.org/costs/ (PDF, 1 page)

Washington State Health Department. (2007). The health of Washington State: Adolescent pregnancy and childbearing. (PDF, 7 pages)

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