Welcome to Families in Transition: Project FIT Website. We are part of the University of California, San Diego, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Community Pediatrics.

About PROJECT FIT: Families In Transition

Project FIT is a research study designed to better understand the changes and adjustments that families make as pregnant teenagers transition to parenthood. This study focuses on the pregnant teenager, her younger siblings, and their family as they all prepare for the birth of the the teen’s baby and the baby’s first year of life. It is expected that the study results will be useful for helping teenagers adapt to motherhood and best help their families during this often stressful time.

Project FIT is the first study of its kind to follow adolescents and their families across the teen’s transition to parenthood. This study is federally funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (which is part of the National Institutes of Health).

This study has enrolled approximately 100 families at the time of the first teenager’s pregnancy, and followed these families at four different time points, or when: the teenager was in her last trimester of pregnancy, and when her baby was 6 weeks old, 6 months old, and 12 months old. All information was gathered by interview and questionnaire, and all study information was anonymous, completely confidential, and approved by the University of California's Institutional Review Board for Human Subjects Protection.

As part of this study, we also interviewed the girlfriends of the pregnant teenager and the girlfriend’s family at the same (four) time points. This is so that we can better understand the dynamics that occur in families in which there is no (teenage) pregnancy or birth.

Site Information

Please use the links above or below to find information that you would like to know about us. Here is some helpful information that will guide you through all the links

  • Home - Navigates user back to this page
  • About Us - Information about the study's research personnel
  • Updates on our Study - New and updating information about recent study findings
  • Participating Families - Information related to participants of the study
  • Research Studies - Research articles on the families of pregnant teenagers
  • Helping Families - Information about the purpose of this research project
  • Funders - The supporter of Project FIT
  • Relevant Links - Useful links that are related to this project
  • Contact Us - Information about how to contact us

Our Project Telephone Number : 1-619-681-0645

Last Update: September 18, 2007