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Not Just Another Single Issue: Teen Pregnancy and Athletic Involvement (continued)

Source: National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
Topics: Contraception, more...
Endnotes
  1. Sabo, D., Miller, K., Farrell, M., Barnes, G., and Melnick, M. (1998). The Women 's Sports Foundation report: Sport and teen pregnancy. East Meadow, NY: Women 's Sports Foundation.
  2. Hamilton, B.E., Martin, J.A., and Sutton, P.D. (2003). Births: Preliminary data for 2002. National Vital Statistic Report, 51(11).
  3. National Collegiate Athletic Association. (2002). NCAA sports sponsorship and participation report: 1982-2001. Indianapolis, IN: National Collegiate Athletic Association.
  4. Erkut, S. and Tracy, A. (2000). Protective effects of sports participation on girls' sexual behavior. Wellesley, MA: Center for Research on Women.
  5. Ibid.
  6. Sabo, D., Miller, K., Farrell, M., Barnes, G., and Melnick, M. (1998). The Women 's Sports Foundation report: Sport and teen pregnancy. East Meadow, NY: Women 's Sports Foundation.
  7. Miller, K. E., Sabo, D.F., Melnick, M.J., Farrell, M.P., and Barnes, G.M. (2000). The Women 's Sports Foundation report: Health risks and the teen athlete. East Meadow, NY: Women 's Sports Foundation.
  8. Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. (2003). National survey of adolescents and young adults: Sexual health knowledge, attitudes and experiences. Menlo Park, CA: Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.
  9. Erkut, S. and Tracy, A. (2000). Protective effects of sports participation on girls' sexual behavior. Wellesley, MA: Center for Research on Women.
  10. Ibid.
  11. Manlove, J. (1998). The influence of high school dropout and school disengagement on the risk of school-age pregnancy. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 8(2), 187-220. Holloway, J. (200). Extra-curricular activities: The path to academic success?. Education Leadership, 57(4).
  12. Ibid.
  13. The Feminist Majority Foundation. (1995). Empowering women in sports: Athletics in the lives of women and girls. Washington, DC: The Feminist Majority Foundation.

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