RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 What's so bad about teenage pregnancy?
JF Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care
JO J Fam Plann Reprod Health Care
FD British Medical Journal Publishing Group
SP 36
OP 41
DO 10.1783/147118901101194877
VO 27
IS 1
A1 Cunnington, Aubrey J
YR 2001
UL http://jfprhc.bmj.com/content/27/1/36.abstract
AB A systematic literature review identified the most frequently cited medical consequences of teenage pregnancy as anaemia, pregnancy-induced hypertension, low birth weight, prematurity, intra-uterine growth retardation and neonatal mortality. Critical appraisal suggested that increased risks of these outcomes were predominantly caused by the social, economic, and behavioural factors that predispose some young women to pregnancy. Maternal age less than 16 years was associated with a modest (1.2-2.7 fold) increase in prematurity, low birth weight and neonatal death.