Purpose Gaps in preventive care may contribute to adverse outcomes among pregnant
teens. This study quantified teen preventive care utilization before and after pregnancy …

Importance Birth to a teenaged mother is associated with adverse health and social
outcomes. Adolescents at risk for pregnancy may not receive needed reproductive health …

Objective Infant well-child visits are increasingly being explored as opportunities to address
parental postpartum health needs, including those related to reproductive health. To inform …

Background: Despite their health vulnerability, multiple barriers to health care exist for
adolescent mothers. This pilot study aimed to gain information regarding preventive health …

PURPOSE:: Our study investigates the factors associated with length of time to referral
appointments for pregnant teens diagnosed in a hospital-based adolescent clinic …

Background. Prenatal pediatric visits have been recommended by the American Academy of
Pediatrics to allow the pediatrician to counsel parents on infant care issues, establish a …

Purpose: To examine pregnant adolescents' desire for pregnancy and determine whether
there were opportunities for preconception care for pregnant adolescents with desired …

Objective Recognizing that pediatric primary care focuses on family health and is an
important location of contact for women of childbearing age, this project assessed the …

PURPOSE: To examine changes in the initiation of prenatal care by teenage girls in the
United States between 1978 and 2003. METHODS: Using birth certificate data collected by …

Abstract Study Objective Disparities in perinatal counseling among all pregnant women
exist, yet teen data are lacking. We evaluated racial/ethnic differences in (1) prenatal and (2) …