Teenage pregnancies: Is the high rate of teenage pregnancy and parenthood in the UK a public health problem?

Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 315-319

  Bailey, Phillippa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; BREAST FEEDING; COMMUNITY; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MENTAL HEALTH; PARENTHOOD; POPULATION RISK; POVERTY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PARENTING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33644805197     PISSN: 14711893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1783/jfp.31.2.315     Document Type: Review

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