Journal article
Experience with an adolescent pregnancy program: a preliminary report
Obstetrics and gynecology, Vol.50(2), pp.212-215
08/1977
PMID: 00876561
Abstract
A program has been designed to give comprehensive health care services to pregnant adolescents. The program components include community liason, patient education, counseling and social services, a nurse "on call" program for labor and delivery, and pediatric nurse-practitioner followup. In addition, a drug use identification component screens the patients by interview and urinalysis. Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy occurred in 10% of the first 202 patients. Forty-three percent had anemia (hematocrit less than 35%), and screening cervical cultures for gonorrhea were positive in 3.5%. Cigarettes, alcohol, and marijuana constituted the most common nonmedical drugs used, and aspirin the most common medical drug. Eighty-one percent of the patients attended 7 or more antenatal visits, one-half did not miss a single clinic appointment, and 95% completed a post-partum visit, indicating that the program was well accepted by the adolescents.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Experience with an adolescent pregnancy program: a preliminary report
- Creators
- David D YoungsJennifer R Niebyl - University of Iowa, Obstetrics and GynecologyDavid A BlakeDenese A ShippJay StanleyTheodore M King
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Obstetrics and gynecology, Vol.50(2), pp.212-215
- Publisher
- United States
- PMID
- 00876561
- ISSN
- 0029-7844
- eISSN
- 1873-233X
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 08/1977
- Academic Unit
- Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Record Identifier
- 9983557776102771
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