Teen pregnancy prevention: hospitals take it to the schools

"If you're tired of seeing young women who deliver [babies] on your doorstep, then get out of the hospital to deliver the services more effectively--go into the schools with education and prevention." That's the message that Bruce Guernsey, project director of the Denver School-Based Clinics has for hospital executives. Most health care executives agree that while taking adolescent health programs directly to the schools can be controversial, it is also one effective way to alleviate this societal problem.