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Hispanic Teen Pregnancy: Proof that Health Disparities Impact Lives
posted 04/30/2012

The plight of Hispanic teens at risk of becoming young parents illustrates how social determinants – poverty, employment, educational attainment, housing, the environment and safety – affect community health.

Teenage Pregnancy Among Connecticut's Hispanics
posted 07/22/2011

Why are Hispanic teens in Connecticut having more babies despite a national drop in teen pregnancy rates? Magaly Olivero is launching a reporting project with the Connecticut Health Investigative Team to find out.

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Hispanic Teen Pregnancy: Proof that Health Disparities Impact Lives
The plight of Hispanic teens at risk of becoming young parents illustrates how social... more »
posted 04/30/12
Teenage Pregnancy Among Connecticut's Hispanics
Why are Hispanic teens in Connecticut having more babies despite a national drop in teen... more »
posted 07/22/11

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Project: Teen births: Solutions embrace cultural nuances

Multi-million dollar initiatives to help at-risk and parenting teens across Connecticut call for “evidence-based” and “culturally appropriate” approaches – the mantra of experts assisting Hispanic youth, who have the highest number of teen births in the state.

Project: Teen births: Nearly one-half to Hispanics

Yanisha Claudio, 15, of Hartford, tenderly swaddled three-week-old Jordan, hoping he wouldn’t wake up. “He was crying until four o’clock in the morning,” said the weary Bulkeley High School freshman.