Brunel
University, Uxbridge, UK
(Received 27 April 2010; final version received 2 September 2010)
In Brazil, as in many other countries, teenage pregnancy is widely recognised as a
public health problem. Buttressed by a public health science of the economics of
teenage pregnancy that emphasises the postponement of parenthood as key to poverty
reduction, young people’s lack of appreciation for medical knowledge of
contraceptives is most often credited for failed attempts to reduce teenage pregnancy…
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