P-156: Adolescent Pregnancy

Adolescent Pregnancy: A Health Challenge

Every year, some 3.9 million girls aged 15 to 19 years undergo unsafe abortions (1). Approximately 16 million girls aged 15 to 19 years and 2.5 million girls under 16 years give birth each year in developing regions (2, 3). Complications during pregnancy and childbirth are the leading cause of death for 15 to 19 year-old girls globally (4). Adolescent mothers (ages 10 to 19 years) face higher r...

Adolescent Drug Abuse: Clinical Assessment and Therapeutic Interventions, 156

P-156: Transflective Double Cell TN Liquid Crystal Display

Double cell Twisted Nematic (DTN) liquid crystal display is optimized for transflective liquid crystal displays, using MOUSE-LCD software. Two configurations of such DTN-LCD were simulated using a double and a single cell gap approach. DTN-LCD exhibits a high contrast ratio, wide viewing angles and achromatic (black/white) switching in both the transmissive mode and reflective mode. It also pos...

[Motivations for adolescent pregnancy].

OBJECTIVES To identify the motivations (beliefs, values) for adolescent pregnancy among girls aged less than 17 years old. METHOD We performed a phenomenological qualitative study with audio recording of in-depth interviews with 12 pregnant adolescents between March and September 2008. Purposive sampling of pregnant adolescents (14-16 years) in the high-risk obstetric unit of the Hospital of ...

Adolescent Pregnancy, A Social Stigma

In previous centuries adolescent pregnancy was normal but in developed countries in 20th century teenage mothers are common [1]. According to the definition of WHO Adolescent pregnancy can be defined as pregnancy in between the age of 15 to 19 years of age [2]. Early marriage, lack of knowledge of contraceptive methods , drug abuse, adverse childhood environment are the leading causes of early ...

Pregnancy and Psychiatry (P&P)

Purpose: Cooperation between primary care and specialist care in case of midwives, hospital (midwives and gynaecology), specialist mental health care, pharmacy. The goal is to screen all pregnant women for affective disorders and give them a coherent treatment. The presentation will describe the process of cooperation, the do’s and don’ts and the results so far. Context: Almere is a city of 185...