Longitudinal Patterns of School Disengagement before Conception among New York City Teen Mothers

Autor/inn/en	Yunzal-Butler, Cristina; Sackoff, Judith; Korenman, Sanders
Titel	Longitudinal Patterns of School Disengagement before Conception among New York City Teen Mothers
Quelle	In: Journal of School Health, 90 (2020) 5, S.378-385 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Yunzal-Butler, Cristina)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-4391
DOI	10.1111/josh.12886
Schlagwörter	Early Parenthood; Prevention; Correlation; Risk; Pregnancy; Educational Environment; Learner Engagement; Birth; Enrollment Trends; Attendance Patterns; Age Differences; At Risk Students; Sex Education; Health Education; Elementary Secondary Education; Mothers; Longitudinal Studies; New York (New York) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Prävention; Vorbeugung; Korrelation; Risiko; Schwangerschaft; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Geburt; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Sex instruction; Sexualaufklärung; Sexualerziehung; Sexualkunde; Gesundheitsaufklärung; Gesundheitsbildung; Gesundheitserziehung; Mother; Mutter; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung
Abstract	Background: School-based pregnancy prevention programs should optimally be offered while students are still engaged in school since early disengagement is strongly associated with risk of a teen birth. Methods: We used linked New York City birth and enrollment data (2005-2013), a sample of 6,809 teen mothers (mean age conception = 16.2 years). We measured preconception disengagement using monthly absences, age 12 until conception, and identified five attendance trajectories using group-based trajectory modeling. Results: We identified five attendance trajectories that were heterogeneous with respect to age of onset and rate of increase of absenteeism. In two groups, 80% were chronically absent (CA) [2-<4 absences/month] or severely chronically absent (SCA) [4+ absences/month] at age 12, and over 90% by age 13, when they averaged 3.8-5.1 absences/month. Despite heterogeneity, 37% of teen mothers were CA or SCA at age 12, increasing to 56% by age 14. By early high school, age 15, 63% of teen mothers had absenteeism problems; 26% were CA and 37% SCA. Conclusions: Most teen mothers were disengaged before high school, years before conception. School-based pregnancy prevention programs should be offered in middle school or earlier when at-risk students are not missing significant amounts of school and may be more receptive to prevention messages. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01