| Literature DB >> 9640008 |
J H Koshar1, K A Lee, G Goss, M S Heilemann, J Stinson.
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to describe and compare differences in demographics, prenatal care use, and pregnancy, labor, postpartum, and neonatal complications for 129 pregnant Mexican-American adolescents who were either born in the United States or born in Mexico. A significant finding was that 25% of the teens, regardless of origin of birth, received either inadequate or no prenatal care. The findings of this study will be useful to clinicians providing health care for Hispanic teens and for administrators and policy makers who affect the types of health care and education available to these young mothers.Entities:
Keywords: Adolescents; Adolescents, Female; Age Factors; Americas; Cultural Background; Delivery Of Health Care; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Developing Countries; Diseases; Ethnic Groups; Health; Health Services; Hispanics; Latin America; Maternal Health; Maternal Health Services; Maternal-child Health Services; Mexico; North America; Northern America; Place Of Birth; Population; Population Characteristics; Pregnancy Complications; Pregnant Women; Prenatal Care; Primary Health Care; Research Report; United States; Youth
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Year: 1998 PMID： 9640008 DOI： 10.1016/S0882-5963(98)80073-0
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Pediatr Nurs ISSN： 0882-5963 Impact factor: 2.145