Session: Sexual Health, Pregnancy, and Parenting Among Maltreated and System-Involved Youth (Society for Social Work and Research 23rd Annual Conference - Ending Gender Based, Family and Community Violence)

188 Sexual Health, Pregnancy, and Parenting Among Maltreated and System-Involved Youth

Schedule:
Saturday, January 19, 2019: 8:00 AM-9:30 AM
Golden Gate 3, Lobby Level (Hilton San Francisco)
Cluster: Child Welfare (CW)
Symposium Organizer:
Elizabeth Aparicio, PhD, University of Maryland at College Park
Discussant:
Elizabeth Aparicio, PhD, University of Maryland at College Park
The purpose of this symposium is to examine one of the many effects of family violence: increased sexual and reproductive health risks, often leading to early pregnancy and parenting, among maltreated youth. Maltreated youth become pregnant at rates two to three times higher than their non-maltreated peers, with significant intergenerational repercussions both for themselves and for their children if the family unit is not adequately supported. These sexual and reproductive health issues can be complex and often represent intergenerational patterns; as such, our systems of care largely struggle to address them through prevention or intervention. A comprehensive public health approach that leverages individual, interpersonal, community, and structural approaches to reduce sexual health risk and bolster sexual health well-being is critical to eliminating sexual health inequities in this key-affected population of youth. Thus, this symposium seeks to communicate the most current, cutting-edge research available in the realm of sexual health, pregnancy, and parenting among maltreated, system-involved youth in order to inform multi-level intervention.

This symposium includes five presentations using rigorous methods in applied and translational research focused on multiple aspects of sexual health, pregnancy, and parenting among youth involved with the child welfare and juvenile justice systems. We will first examine how pubertal timing relates to the sexual and reproductive health behaviors of youth in out-of-home care. Then, we will take a population-level view of incidence of maltreatment reports among teen fathers. We will then present two papers examining important aspects of youths' experiences while pregnant and parenting: first, placement trajectories among foster youth who are pregnant while in care, and second, the relationship between disconnection from school and employment and early parenthood among foster youth. We will conclude with the first national presentation of an evaluation of two evidence-based teen pregnancy prevention programs delivered with child welfare- and juvenile justice-involved youth. Following this symposium, audience members will have a comprehensive view of the state of the science on understanding and addressing sexual health, pregnancy, and parenting among maltreated and system-involved youth.

* noted as presenting author
Pubertal Timing and the Sexual Reproductive Health Behaviors of Youth in out-of- Home Care
Nadine M. Finigan-Carr, PhD, University of Maryland at Baltimore; Catherine Watson, Baltimore City Health Department; Rochon Steward, University of Maryland at Baltimore
A Population Based Examination of the Characteristics and Maltreatment History of Young Fathers in California
Lindsey Palmer, MSW, University of Southern California; Bryn King, PhD, University of Toronto; Andrea Lane Eastman, PhD, University of Southern California; Emily Putnam-Hornstein, PhD, University of Southern California
Pregnancy during Foster Care: Placement Trajectories Among Foster Youth Who Give Birth As Adolescents
Bryn King, PhD, University of Toronto; Andrea Lane Eastman, PhD, University of Southern California; Elizabeth Aparicio, PhD, University of Maryland at College Park; Rhoda Smith, PhD, Springfield College; Claudette Grinnell-Davis, PhD, University of Oklahoma
The Relationship between Disconnection from School and Employment and Early Parenthood Among Foster Youth
Svetlana Shpiegel, PhD, Montclair State University; Bryn King, PhD, University of Toronto; Elizabeth Aparicio, PhD, University of Maryland at College Park; Claudette Grinnell-Davis, PhD, University of Oklahoma
Evidence-Based Sexual Health Programs with Youth Involved with Juvenile Justice and Child Welfare Systems: Outcomes across Settings
Katie Massey Combs, MSW, MPH, University of Denver; Elizabeth Aparicio, PhD, University of Maryland at College Park; Dana Prince, PhD, Case Western Reserve University; Claudette Grinnell-Davis, PhD, University of Nebraska, Omaha; Monica Faulkner, PhD, LMSW, University of Texas at Austin
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