Center for Social Work Research, The University of Texas, Austin School of Social Work, USA.
Am J Public Health. 2012 Oct;102(10):1862-5. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.300914. Epub 2012 Aug 16.
We used a quasi-experimental design to examine the impact of intensive case management (ICM) on preventing 3-year subsequent births for low-income adolescent mothers. We used χ(2) and mediation analyses, respectively, to test whether ICM reduced likelihood of subsequent births and whether birth control and perceived social support mediated this relationship. Participants in ICM were less likely to have a subsequent birth within 3 years, but we found no evidence for mediators. This study suggests that ICM may be effective in preventing subsequent births for adolescents.
我们采用准实验设计来检验强化个案管理(ICM)对预防低收入青少年母亲三年内再次生育的影响。我们分别使用 χ(2)检验和中介分析来检验 ICM 是否降低了再次生育的可能性,以及避孕和感知到的社会支持是否在这种关系中起中介作用。参与 ICM 的青少年在三年内再次生育的可能性较低,但我们没有发现中介因素的证据。这项研究表明,ICM 可能对预防青少年再次生育有效。