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Cotter, Denae – Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2018
This report presents key statistics and trends for teenage mothers and their babies in Australia. Teenage mothers and their babies are more likely to experience broader disadvantage, have antenatal risk factors and have poorer maternal and baby outcomes during and after birth, than older mothers and their babies. In Australia, the rate of teenage…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Mothers, Foreign Countries, Pacific Islanders
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Richards, Jennifer; Mousseau, Alicia – American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research: The Journal of the National Center, 2012
Background: Sacred Beginnings is a community-based participatory research project that examines the effectiveness of a culturally appropriate preconception health educational intervention developed by tribal community members and elders. The primary goal is to increase knowledge of preconception health and its benefits among adolescent females and…
Descriptors: Obesity, Participatory Research, Intervention, Health Education