title: Intentional teenage pregnancies.
abstract: Recent evidence indicates that many teenagers, despite access to birth control information and services, are choosing not to utilize them, and, therefore, are becoming intentionally pregnant. Several studies have begun to provide reasons for this new dilemma and profiles of those teenagers who become intentionally pregnant. New strategies have to be developed by health care professionals to combat this problem. Some suggestions are presented.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009042:Motivation; D011247:Pregnancy; D011253:Pregnancy in Adolescence; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent