The Risk of Teen Mothers Having Low Birth Weight Babies: Implications of Recent Medical Research for School Health Personnel.

Roth, Jeffrey; Hendrickson, Jo; Schilling, Max; Stowell, Daniel W.

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ERIC Number: EJ574522

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1998

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The Risk of Teen Mothers Having Low Birth Weight Babies: Implications of Recent Medical Research for School Health Personnel.

Roth, Jeffrey; Hendrickson, Jo; Schilling, Max; Stowell, Daniel W.

Journal of School Health, v68 n7 p271-75 Sep 1998

Reviews recent research on relationships between young maternal age and incidence of low-birth-weight infants. Different lines of research attribute low birth weight to biological and sociocultural factors. Both factors, plus lifestyle choices made by adolescents, combine to raise or lower the risk of delivering a low-birth-weight infant. Implications for school health personnel are examined. (SM)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Biological Influences, Birth Weight, Comprehensive School Health Education, Early Parenthood, Life Style, Pregnancy, Prenatal Influences, Racial Differences, Secondary Education, Secondary School Students, Sociocultural Patterns, Socioeconomic Influences

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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