The Pediatrician's Role in Assisting Teenagers to Avoid the Consequences of Adolescent Pregnancy
| Autor: | Joseph L. Rauh |
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| Rok vydání: | 1993 |
| Předmět: |
Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent media_common.quotation_subject Population Fertility Sex Education Abortion Health personnel Pregnancy medicine Humans Confidentiality Community Health Services Physician's Role education School Health Services media_common education.field_of_study business.industry food and beverages medicine.disease United States Contraception Adolescent Health Services Family planning Pregnancy in Adolescence Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Female business Developed country |
| Zdroj: | Pediatric Annals. 22:90-98 |
| ISSN: | 1938-2359 0090-4481 |
| DOI: | 10.3928/0090-4481-19930201-06 |
| Popis: | There are ways in which the practicing pediatrician can help adolescent prevent pregnancy or improve the outcome of pregnancy. Clearly, each practitioner will have to decide what services will work best within his or her practice as well as for the community.The high rate of adolescent pregnancy remains one of the world's major medical/social problems. In the US, teens most at risk are young, Black or Hispanic, and poor. Serious medical and social sequelae may follow teen pregnancy. Comprehensive prenatal care provided by staff sensitive to the needs and concerns of adolescents; nutritional assessment and support services; schools for pregnant teens; and contraceptive and abortion services, however, reduce the seriousness of these sequelae and improve the quality of life for mothers and children over the long term. 4 realistic scenarios are offered in which practicing pediatricians have opportunities to help adolescents prevent pregnancy or improve its outcome. Ultimately, however, individual practitioners must decide which services will work best in the context of their practice and community. |
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