Selected aspects of adolescent postpartum behavior.
Contraceptive, educational, and vocational behavior patterns of postpartum adolescents were examined. Eight months after delivery 269 teenage girls who participated in a comprehensive antepartum psycho-social program were mailed follow-up questionnaires. Eighty-three percent of teenage mothers who responded reported using birth control pills as a form of contraception. We found that single girls were more actively involved in vocational and educational training. This and other observations indicate that marital status of teenage participants is important to their postpartum actions.
D000293:Adolescent; D001519:Behavior; D002668:Child Rearing; D003267:Contraception; D003276:Contraceptives, Oral; D004496:Education, Continuing; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007224:Infant Care; D007434:Intrauterine Devices; D008019:Life Style; D008425:Maternal Behavior; D049590:Postpartum Period; D011247:Pregnancy; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States; D014829:Vocational Education
D003276:Contraceptives, Oral