Teenage children of teenage mothers: Psychological, behavioural and health outcomes from an Australian prospective longitudinal study

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2526-2539

  Shaw, Mary ^a   Lawlor, Debbie A ^a   Najman, Jake M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Child; Health outcomes; Longitudinal; Mother; Psychological behaviour; Teenage

Indexed keywords

HEALTH IMPACT; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT MOTHER; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; DEPRESSION; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PROGENY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; READING; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33645080422     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.10.007     Document Type: Article

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