A study in the Philippines found that unmarried students are more sexually active at younger ages than in the past. Maternal mortality is higher among teenagers especially those under age 16. Babies born to teenage mothers ...
Compared with women aged 20-24 years, teenage mothers were more likely to be black, unmarried, to have smoked cigarette during pregnancy, to have had inadequate prenatal care and have gained less weight during pregnancy (Table 1). The rates of very pre-term delivery, pre-term delivery, very...
Cardinal Santos Medical Center, Philippines. Background: Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) is the most severe pediatric disease associated with Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection, potentially life-threatening, for which the optimal therapeutic strategy remains unknown. There...
Describes an under-recognized target population for adolescent pregnancy prevention: the younger sisters of childbearing teens. Data from several studies highlight several potential prepregnancy-risk characteristics that ...
Teenage pregnancy in Africa comes under the spotlight.(Africa)(Report)(Brief article)Bateman, Chris
Teenage pregnancy.(Statistics Canada report)(Statistical Data Included)(Brief Article)McKay, Alexander
For the state government, this is the best step to deal with the problem of abandoned babies and unwed pregnancies.Mohamed NajimudeenWebmedcentral Com Legalising Teenage Pregnancy
The study of adolescent fertility rate is important not only because it is responsible as a factor of population growth & health cost burden but also it reveals the level of various socioeconomic status of a country in terms of development. Various world level organizations have declared that "...
Patients who received parenteral nutrition supplemented with selenium for >= 5 days did show a reduction in new infections. This finding requires confirmation.doi:10.1136/bmj.d1762Limb, MatthewPubMedBmj British Medical Journal
Tailor teen pregnancy messages.(behavior of teenage mothers)(Brief article)Splete, Heidi