Epidemiological investigators are planning an experiment targeting an increase in the number of adolescent women seeking prenatal care. They have identified two urban communities that have similar rates of teen pregnancy. The intervention will consist of a public awareness campaign through local media and advertising and brochures distributed through high schools. Community A is given the experimental intervention, while Community B serves as the control group. The best measure of the effectiveness of the intervention would be the number of

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The goal of the intervention is to increase the number of adolescent women seeking prenatal care. Therefore, the best measure of the effectiveness of the intervention would be the number of pregnant adolescents seeking prenatal care for the first time during the period of the campaign. Option A would not be a good measure because it does not indicate whether the intervention helped decrease the number of adolescent pregnancies. Option B is not relevant as it is not measuring the outcome of the intervention. Option C would not be a good measure because it does not necessarily indicate whether the adolescent received prenatal care.

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