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Teenage mothers and their peers: a research challenge
M E Cupples1, H Irvine, T Bradley
1Department of General Practice, Queen's University of Belfast.
Abstract:
Recent reports have highlighted the adverse health experience of teenage mothers. The question of how these mothers' perceptions of their own health status and social networks differ from those of their nulliparous peers is explored in this pilot study, which highlights some practical problems associated with research in this important field.
Keywords:
Adolescent PregnancyAdolescentsAdolescents, FemaleAge FactorsComparative StudiesDemographic FactorsDeveloped CountriesEuropeFamily And HouseholdFamily CharacteristicsFamily RelationshipsFertilityFriends And RelativesHealthHealth Status IndexesMothersNorthern EuropeNorthern IrelandParentsPopulationPopulation CharacteristicsPopulation DynamicsReproductive BehaviorResearch MethodologyResearch ReportSocial NetworksStudiesUnited KingdomYouth