Teenage childbearing: A growing public health concern in need of urgent policy and program action

Journal of Public Health (Germany)

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 379-384

  Rai, Rajesh Kumar ^a   Singh, Prashant Kumar ^b   Kumar, Chandan ^c   Parasuraman, Sulabha ^d  

^a TATA INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR POPULATION SCIENCES   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Adolescent; Millennium Development Goal; Program and policy; Teenage childbearing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MORBIDITY; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM;

EID: 84880826539     PISSN: 09431853     EISSN: 16132238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10389-012-0551-6     Document Type: Article

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