The Maltreatment and Adolescent Pregnancy and Parenting Program (MAPPP) builds community awareness about the prevalence of violence in the lives of young women.

MAPPP has been field-tested and evaluated in community and workshop presentations by the Center on Adolescent Sexuality, Pregnancy and Parenting at the University of Missouri-Columbia.

MAPPP addresses three questions:

1. What is the relationship between child maltreatment and later adolescent pregnancy?

2. What are the factors associated with maltreatment of pregnant adolescents?

3. What is the likelihood that children of adolescent mothers will experience maltreatment?

The MAPPP Satellite Conference was held Sept. 19, 2002. The 2-hour video of the entire satellite broadcast includes

• The basics of the MAPPP project
• Personal testimonies by parenting teens about maltreatment
• Insightful interviews with Native Americans, Latinos, Hawaiian/Pacific Islanders and practitioners working with these groups about the role of culture in maltreatment
• Presentations by an adult survivor of sexual abuse who was also a teen mom, as well as presentations by an expert in child maltreatment and Vietnamese and Amerasian culture, and the creator of the MAPPP project.

To order,
request MX916,
Maltreatment and Adolescent Pregnancy and Parenting Program
($150).

1. Video

• A “Dateline NBC” video describing the life of a survivor of childhood sexual abuse

2. Manual

• An annotated bibliography of over 70 research studies related to maltreatment prior to and during adolescent pregnancy, as well as the maltreatment of children of adolescent mothers
• A description of the issues surrounding the definition of maltreatment
• Materials to use in presentations about these issues, including:
  • Camera-ready reproducible masters for overhead transparencies
  • “Talking Points” that fully describe each master
  • Suggested formats for presentations of different lengths (i.e. one hour, half-day, full day)
• Activities to assist community groups in addressing the issue of maltreatment
• An overview of legal issues that must be considered when working with maltreated adolescents
• Practical resources related to maltreatment and adolescent pregnancy and parenting including web sites, popular media, and videos

3. Support Services

• Conference presentations
• Technical assistance
• Conferences
• Train-the-Trainer workshops
• Program evaluation

For additional information, contact:

Kim Allen
Director
Center on Adolescent Sexuality, Pregnancy and Parenting
State Specialist, University of MO Extension
1205 University Pl., Suite 1100
Columbia, MO 65211
Phone: 573-884-0644
Fax: 573-884-4878
Email: allenki@missouri.edu

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last updated 11/11/08