Violence, Teenage Pregnancy, and Life History

[Characteristics of violence during teenage pregnancy in Lima, Peru].

OBJECTIVES To determine the characteristics of violence seen in pregnant teenagers who were treated at the Instituto Nacional Materno Perinatal (INMP) in Lima, Peru. MATERIALS AND METHODS A cross-sectional study was carried out by INMP between January and March, 2010 using a probabilistic and systematic sampling. The study unit comprises every hospitalized teenager who had just given birth an...

Teenage pregnancy.

OBJECTIVES This article examines trends in teenage pregnancy in Canada, focussing on induced abortions, live births and fetal loss among women aged 15 to 19 in 1997. DATA SOURCES The data come from the Hospital Morbidity Data Base and the Canadian Vital Statistics Data Base at Statistics Canada, and the annual Therapeutic Abortion Survey, conducted by the Canadian Institute for Health Informa...

Teenage Pregnancy and

Teenage Pregnancy Consequences of Teenage Childbearing

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Teenage Pregnancy and Mental Health

This article reviews the intersection between adolescent pregnancy and mental health. The research involving mental health risks for adolescent pregnancy and for parents who are teenagers are discussed. Depression and conduct disorder have emerged with the most attention. Research-based treatment of these disorders in adolescents is presented.