Author/Source:La Feria Para Aprender, January 2011.
La Feria Para Aprender organizers commissioned a focus group study to be conducted on-site at the 2011 education fair. The event (La Feria Para Aprender) was held on Saturday, January 29, 2011 at the North Lamar Event Center, 10601 North Lamar, in Austin, Texas, from 10 am to 2 pm.
The purpose of this research was to gain a better understanding of the knowledge and attitudes of Spanish-language dominant Latinos living in and around Austin and who were in attendance of La Feria of 2011. The study had a primary area of research interest: teen pregnancy.
A collaboration effort with Planned Parenthood Austin (PP Austin) was the force behind the teen pregnancy focus groups. The organization wanted to test Spanish-speaking parents’ awareness about some new programs in the community and their knowledge about teen pregnancy rates.
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