Reduced School Dropout Rates Among Adolescent Mothers Receiving School-Based Prenatal Care | Zendy

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Reduced School Dropout Rates Among Adolescent Mothers Receiving School-Based Prenatal Care

Author(s) -

Beth Barnet,

Carmen M. Arroyo,

Margo DeVoe,

Anne K. Duggan

Publication year - 2004

Publication title -

archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1538-3628

pISSN - 1072-4710

DOI - 10.1001/archpedi.158.3.262

Subject(s) - medicine , attendance , prenatal care , pregnancy , school dropout , demography , absenteeism , logistic regression , cohort , pediatrics , family medicine , psychology , environmental health , population , social psychology , socioeconomics , sociology , biology , economics , genetics , economic growth

Adolescent pregnancy is associated with increased school dropout rates. Dropping out amplifies the probability of persistent social and economic disadvantage. Whether school-based health centers might help reduce school absenteeism and dropout rates in this group has not been well studied.

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