PEDIATRICS Vol. 63 No. 5 May 1979, pp. 824
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Adolescent Pregnancy—Where Is the Unwed Teenage Father?

Arthur B. Elster M.D.1 and Susan Panzarine R.N., M.S.1

1 Rochester Adolescent Maternity Project, University of Rochester, 601 Elmwood Avenue Rochester, NY 14642

As discussed by McAnarney et al (Pediatrics 61:199, February 1978), a comnprehensive teenage maternity program can have an effect on reducing the psychosocial risk of repeat pregnancy. School attendamice figures and reliance on government financial assistance, however, did not differ between the groups they studied. Perhaps the missing key to reducing the psychosocial risks of teenage pregnancy may be found by including the girl's partner in the activities offered by maternity programs.

Since the work of Pannor et al1 in 1969, there has been a paucity of literature addressing the subject of the unmarried teenage father, and health care providers show little interest in encouraging these teenage boys to share in the responsibility of the pregnancy.