Prebirth psychosocial factors as predictors of consistency in contraceptive use among Taiwanese adolescent mothers at 6 months postpartum

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 271-279

  Wang, Ruey Hsia ^a   Wang, Hsiu Hung ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adolescent mothers; Postpartum contraceptive use; Psychosocial predictors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CONTRACEPTION; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; METHODOLOGY; MOTHER; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTENTION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MARITAL STATUS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTHERS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; TAIWAN;

EID: 24344451600     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0737-1209.2005.220402.x     Document Type: Article

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