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Published in: Journal of Urban Health 1/2014

01-02-2014

Unplanned Pregnancy in Adolescents: Association with Family Structure, Employed Mother, and Female Friends with Health-Risk Habits and Behaviors

Authors: Francisco Vázquez-Nava, Carlos F. Vázquez-Rodriguez, Atenógenes H. Saldívar-González, Eliza M. Vázquez-Rodríguez, José A. Córdova-Fernández, Jorge Felizardo-Ávalos, Wilberto Sánchez-Márquez

Published in: Journal of Urban Health | Issue 1/2014

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Abstract

Previous publications have suggested that living in a nonintact family household and socializing with girlfriends who smoke or who consume alcoholic beverages favor the development of health-risk habits and customs in adolescents. However, their relationship with unplanned pregnancy in adolescents has not been determined. We investigated the association between family structure, employed mother, and female friends with health-risk habits and behaviors with unplanned pregnancy in adolescents (n = 3,130). After adjusting for low maternal educational level and low family income, logistic regression analyses showed that having an employed mother and socializing with girlfriends who have health-risk habits or behaviors, rather than living in a nonintact family household, appear to be the most important health-risk factors for unplanned pregnancy in adolescents. It is important for health-care programs for adolescents to be revised and for their strategies be strengthened in order to reach the objectives for which they were created.
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Metadata
Title
Unplanned Pregnancy in Adolescents: Association with Family Structure, Employed Mother, and Female Friends with Health-Risk Habits and Behaviors
Authors
Francisco Vázquez-Nava
Carlos F. Vázquez-Rodriguez
Atenógenes H. Saldívar-González
Eliza M. Vázquez-Rodríguez
José A. Córdova-Fernández
Jorge Felizardo-Ávalos
Wilberto Sánchez-Márquez
Publication date
01-02-2014
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Journal of Urban Health / Issue 1/2014
Print ISSN: 1099-3460
Electronic ISSN: 1468-2869
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11524-013-9819-6

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