Prepregnancy Contraceptive Use Among Teens With Unintended Pregnancies Resulting in Live Births—Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS), 2004-2008

Approximately 400,000 teens aged 15-19 years give birth every year in the US, and the teen birth rate remains the highest in the developed world. Teen childbearing is a public health concern because teen mothers are more likely to experience negative social outcomes, including school dropout. In add...

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Published in:JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association 2012-03, Vol.307 (12), p.1244-1246
Main Authors: Harrison, Ayanna T, Gavin, Lorrie, Hastings, Philip A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Birth control
Birth weight
Monitoring systems
Risk assessment
Teenage pregnancy
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Summary:Approximately 400,000 teens aged 15-19 years give birth every year in the US, and the teen birth rate remains the highest in the developed world. Teen childbearing is a public health concern because teen mothers are more likely to experience negative social outcomes, including school dropout. In addition, infants of teen mothers are more likely to below birth weight and have lower academic achievement, and daughters of teen mothers are more likely to become teen mothers themselves. To learn why teens wishing to avoid pregnancy become pregnant, CDC analyzed data from the 2004-2008 Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System. Here, Harrison et al describe estimated rates of self-reported prepregnancy contraceptive use among white, black, and Hispanic teen females aged 15-19 years with unintended pregnancies resulting in live births. Moreover a CDC editorial note is included.
ISSN:0098-7484
1538-3598