University of Massachusetts Amherst ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst Doctoral Dissertations 1896 - February 2014 1-1-1994 Teenage pregnancy and parenting : national problem, local solution. Eleanor Arcanjo Farinato University of Massachusetts Amherst Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations_1 Recommended Citation Farinato, Eleanor Arcanjo, "Teenage pregnancy and parenting : national problem, local solution." (1994). Doctoral Dissertations 1896 - February 2014. 5055. https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations_1/5055 This Open Access Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst. It has been accepted for inclusion in Doctoral Dissertations 1896 - February 2014 by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. TEENAGE PREGNANCY AND PARENTING NATIONAL PROBLEM—LOCAL SOLUTION A Dissertation Presented by ELEANOR ARCANJO FARINATO Submitted to the Graduate School of the University of Massachusetts Amherst in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF EDUCATION September 1994 School of Education Copyright by Eleanor Arcanjo Farinato 1994 All Rights Reserved TEENAGE PREGNANCY AND PARENTING NATIONAL PROBLEM—LOCAL SOLUTION A Dissertation Presented by ELEANOR ARCANJO FARINATO Approved as to style and content by: ey Jackson,^ean riool of Educatii DEDICATION To my daughter: Danielle Marie Farinato and in memory of my mother Ermina Ponte Arcanjo my father Manuel dos Santos Arcanj and my brother Antone Arcanjo ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I wish to express my deepest appreciation to the many people whose help and cooperation made it possible for me to complete this work. To my committee, Dr. Robert Wellman, Dr. Atron Gentry, and Dr. Arthur O'Shea, are extended feelings of appreciation for their guidance and support.