AJPH First Look, published online ahead of print Jul 27, 2006
School-Based Health Centers and the Decline in Black Teen Fertility During the 1990s in Denver, Colorado
Sue A. Ricketts, MA, PhD and
Bruce P. Guernsey, MSW
The authors are with the Prevention Services Division of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Denver, Colo.
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FIGURE 1 — Fertility rates of Black female adolescents aged 1517 years in Denver, Colorado, in the rest of Colorado, in Colorado as a whole, and in the United States: 19911997.
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FIGURE 2 — Black adolescent fertility rates in school areas with and without school-based health centers during the entire period of 19911997.
Note . SBHC = school-based health center.
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