Concepts of the advantages and disadvantages of teenage childbearing among pregnant adolescents: A qualitative analysis

Pediatrics

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 503-510

  Rosengard, Cynthia ^a   Pollock, Lealah ^b   Weitzen, Sherry ^b   Meers, Ann ^b   Phipps, Maureen G ^b  

^a RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Pregnant adolescents; Qualitative analysis; Teenage childbearing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PRENATAL CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY PLANNING; HISPANIC; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY; UNWANTED PREGNANCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CULTURE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL AGE; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; PREGNANCY, UNPLANNED; PREGNANCY, UNWANTED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHODE ISLAND;

EID: 33748424163     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2005-3058     Document Type: Article

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