EDUCATIONAL EFFORTS IN PREVENTING PRETERM DELIVERY AMONG INNER-CITY ADOLESCENTS

被引:3
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作者
SMITH, PB [1 ]
WEINMAN, M [1 ]
REEVES, GC [1 ]
WAIT, RB [1 ]
HINKLEY, CM [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV HOUSTON,GRAD SCH SOCIAL WORK,HOUSTON,TX 77004
关键词
EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTION; PRETERM TREATMENT; PREGNANT ADOLESCENT;
D O I
10.1016/0738-3991(93)90061-Z
中图分类号
R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
学科分类号
1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要
The present study described the effectiveness of using an educational program for self-detection of premature labor in a group of forty-one indigent pregnant adolescents. Twenty-one of these teens self-detected premature labor and received appropriate medical intervention; only four had low birthweight infants and three delivered before 37 weeks. The overall results showed a significant use of the program and a high success to failure rate for those who received medical intervention. The cost-effectiveness and usefulness of this protocol in improving medical outcome for indigent teens are discussed.
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页码:71 / 75
页数:5
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