Prenatal care and infant outcomes of teenage births: a Project WATCH study

Infants of teenage births are known to have increased risk of poor infant outcomes. Adequate prenatal care (PNC) is essential to the overall health of infants and their birthing persons. While teenage births continue to be of concern in rural areas, little is known about the association between inad...

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Published in:BMC pregnancy and childbirth 2023-05, Vol.23 (1), p.379-379, Article 379
Main Authors: Gardner, Madelin E, Umer, Amna, Rudisill, Toni, Hendricks, Brian, Lefeber, Candice, John, Collin, Lilly, Christa
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescence
Adolescent
APGAR
Apgar score
Babies
Birth certificates
Birth weight
Datasets
Education
Female
Gestational age
Health care
Hospitalization
Hospitals
Humans
Infant
Infant mortality
Infant, Newborn
Intensive care
Length of Stay
Maternal mortality
Mothers
Neonatal care
NICU
Parity
Parturition
Poverty
Pregnancy
Pregnancy in Adolescence
Premature birth
Prenatal Care
Surveillance
Teen pregnancy
Teenage parents
Teenage pregnancy
Teenagers
Variables
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Summary:Infants of teenage births are known to have increased risk of poor infant outcomes. Adequate prenatal care (PNC) is essential to the overall health of infants and their birthing persons. While teenage births continue to be of concern in rural areas, little is known about the association between inadequate PNC and poor infant outcomes in teenage populations. To determine the association between inadequate PNC (
ISSN:1471-2393
1471-2393
DOI:10.1186/s12884-023-05662-x