Risk profile of homeless pregnant adolescents and youth
| Autor: | Richard G. MacKenzie, Avon Swofford, Julia Pennbridge |
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| Rok vydání: | 1991 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Population Poison control Social issues Suicide prevention Occupational safety and health Pregnancy Risk Factors Injury prevention Ethnicity Humans Medicine Child education Psychiatry education.field_of_study business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Los Angeles Mental health Psychiatry and Mental health Physical abuse Ill-Housed Persons Pregnancy in Adolescence Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Female business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Adolescent Health. 12:534-538 |
| ISSN: | 1054-139X |
| DOI: | 10.1016/0197-0070(91)90083-x |
| Popis: | Pregnant homeless young women have special service needs. This article examines those needs by comparing the risk profiles of 55 pregnant homeless youths and 85 pregnant youths who live with their families. These young women were seen in a primary health care clinic and underwent extensive lifestyle interviews during their physical examinations. Clinical social workers provided social services and follow-up. The homeless pregnant youths were younger, primarily white, and from outside Los Angeles County. They were more likely to be diagnosed as depressed, to have previously attempted suicide, to have histories of sexual and physical abuse, and to be diagnosed as drug abusing. Review of pregnancy outcomes showed the difficulty of serving homeless pregnant youth and the lack of services for them. Following this study, the clinic instituted new monitoring procedures and established a team case management approach to serving homeless pregnant teens and youths. |
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