Randomized trial of early developmental intervention on outcomes in children after birth asphyxia in developing countries.

Objective: To determine if early developmental intervention (EDI) improves developmental abilities in resuscitated children.

Study Design: This was a parallel group, randomized controlled trial of infants unresponsive to stimulation who received bag and mask ventilation as part of their resuscitation at birth and infants who did not require any resuscitation born in rural communities in India, Pakistan, and Zambia. Intervention infants received a parent-implemented EDI delivered with home visits by parent trainers every other week for 3 years starting the first month after birth.

Selecting, implementing, and evaluating teen pregnancy prevention interventions: lessons from the CDC's Community Coalition Partnership Programs for the Prevention of Teen Pregnancy.

Purpose: To summarize 13 communities' experiences with selecting, implementing, and evaluating teen pregnancy prevention interventions within the CDC Community Coalition Partnership Programs for the Prevention of Teen Pregnancy. The study focuses on decision-making processes and barriers encountered in five categories of interventions: reproductive health services, reproductive health education, parent-child communication, male involvement, and programs for pregnant and parenting teens.

Methods: Telephone interviews were conducted with program directors, lead evaluators, and community coalition chairpersons in each of the 13 communities.

Association of early childbearing and low cognitive ability.

Context: Teenage pregnancy remains a pressing social issue and public health problem in the United States. Low cognitive ability is seldom studied as a risk factor for adolescent childbearing.

Methods: Data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth were used in a matched-pairs nested case-control study comparing women who had a first birth before age 18 with those who did not.