Runaway and Pregnant: Risk Factors Associated with Pregnancy in a National Sample of Runaway/Homeless Female Adolescents

Abstract Purpose Homeless youth are at particularly high risk for teen pregnancy; research indicates as many as 20% of homeless young women become pregnant. These pregnant and homeless teens lack financial resources and adequate health care, resulting in increased risk for low–birth-weight babies an...

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Published in:	Journal of adolescent health Vol. 43; no. 2; pp. 125 - 132
Main Authors:	Thompson, Sanna J., Ph.D, Bender, Kimberly A., M.S.W, Lewis, Carol M., Ph.D, Watkins, Rita, M.S.W
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01-08-2008 Elsevier
Subjects:	Adolescent Adolescent health Adolescent Pregnancy Biological and medical sciences Child Databases as Topic Female Females Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Gynecology and obstetrics Health Services Accessibility Homeless adolescents Homeless Persons Homeless young people Homeless Youth Homelessness Humans Needs Assessment Pediatrics Pregnancy Pregnancy in Adolescence - statistics & numerical data Pregnant adolescent girls Psychology and medicine Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychology. Psychophysiology Risk Factors Runaway adolescents Runaway youth Runaways Shelters Teen pregnancy United States Vulnerable Populations Youth United States North America America Adolescent health Runaway youth Teen pregnancy Homeless adolescents Human One parent family Vulnerability Ethnic group Infection Running away Pregnancy Homeless Sexually transmitted disease Minority Adolescent Risk factor Family environment Female School failure
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