BACKGROUND Risk factors for teenage pregnancy are linked to many factors, including a family history of teenage pregnancy. This research examines whether a mother's teenage childbearing or an older sister's teenage pregnancy more strongly predicts teenage pregnancy. METHODS This study used linkable administrative databases housed at the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy (MCHP). The original c...

OBJECTIVE It is evident that the incidence of teenage pregnancy has been increasing in the past decades and consequently poses significant problems on maternal and child health. The present study was aimed to compare obstetric and neonatal outcomes between teenage and non-teenage pregnancy. MATERIAL AND METHOD A retrospective cohort study was conducted to investigate 957 singleton pregnant wo...

CONTEXT The extent to which young women's risk of adolescent pregnancy is associated with having a mother who was a teenage parent, a sister who was a teenage parent or both is not known. METHODS A sample of 127 Latina and black adolescent females completed in-depth surveys at three time points between 1994 and 2000. Logistic regression analyses were used to examine whether socioeconomic fact...

Background: Teenage pregnancy is widely recognized as one of the most complex and serious social, economic and health problems throughout the world. Teenage pregnancy is a high risk pregnancy. Outcome is less satisfactory than that of a pregnancy in general population. Aim & Objective: To find out the incidence of teenage pregnancy, to study the maternal and fetal outcome in teenage pregnancy a...

Teenage pregnancy is considered to be an important public health problem and it is most prevalent in sub-Saharan Africa. Studies from developed and developing countries regarding adverse teenage pregnancy outcomes differ. The objective of this study is to investigate adverse obstetric outcome in teenage pregnancy in comparison with the adult pregnancy at a tertiary hospital in South Africa. A r...

BACKGROUND Many western nations continue to have high rates of teenage pregnancies and births, which can result in adverse outcomes for both mother and child. This study identified possible antecedents of teenage pregnancy using linked data from administrative sources to create a 14-year follow-up from a cross-sectional survey. METHODS Data were drawn from two sources - the 1993 Western Austr...

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES To explore teenagers' views of the future in relation to their choices to continue or terminate pregnancy. BACKGROUND Despite recent decreases in the numbers of teenage pregnancies, across the world, the teenage pregnancy rate remains high. Consideration of views of the future (future orientation) appears to play an important part in teenage girls' decisions to continue wi...

PURPOSE This study examined ethnic differences in childhood and adolescent sexual abuse and the effect on teenage pregnancy rates. METHODS A 20-page questionnaire elicited information about women's sexual and pregnancy history, high-risk behaviors, and sexual abuse, based a modified version of the Koss and Oros Sexual Experiences Survey. Over 1,900 women between 18 and 22 years old were recru...