The teen-tot clinic: an alternative to traditional care for infants of teenaged mothers.
A comprehensive interdisciplinary clinic was established to provide health care for teenaged mothers less than 16 years old and their infants. Thirty-five mother-infants pairs using this clinic were matched with 70 mother-infant pairs who used "traditional" health care facilities. Significant differences in infant outcomes of immunization status at 6 months (91% versus 46% completed), and weight (97% versus 83% within "normal" range) and maternal outcomes of contraceptive use (91% versus 63%), enrollment in educational programs (86% versus 66%), and repeat pregnancy rate (16% versus 38%) were found between Teen-Tot Clinic participants and the control group. Coordination and consolidation of services for teenaged mothers and their infants appears to favorably influence their short-term outcomes.
D000293:Adolescent; D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006268:Health Facilities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007114:Immunization; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008430:Maternal-Child Health Centers / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D011247:Pregnancy; D011253:Pregnancy in Adolescence