The impact of the women's centre of Jamaica foundation programme for adolescent mothers on repeat pregnancies

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 316-326

  Drayton, V L ^a   Montgomery, S B ^a   Modeste, N N ^a   Frye Anderson, B A ^a   McNeil, P ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; JAMAICA; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZATION; SOCIAL CLASS; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

ADOLESCENT; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HUMANS; JAMAICA; PATIENT EDUCATION; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SOCIAL CLASS; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 0034577702     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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