Physical and emotional abuse in pregnancy: a comparison of adult and teenage women.
A sample of 691 African American, Hispanic, and white pregnant teenage and adult women were interviewed in the prenatal setting. On their first prenatal visit, 182 (26%) women reported physical or sexual abuse within the past year. There were significant differences between the teens and adults, with a higher percentage of teens (31.6%) reporting abuse during the prior year than adults (23.6%). The rate of abuse during pregnancy was 21.7% for teens and 15.9% for adult women. Adult women scored significantly higher than teens on two measures of mental abuse. Mental abuse was significantly correlated with physical abuse for all subjects.
University of Maryland, School of Nursing, Baltimore.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American; D015142:Baltimore / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008403:Mass Screening; D008423:Maternal Age; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D009737:Nursing Records; D011247:Pregnancy; D011253:Pregnancy in Adolescence; D012494:Sampling Studies; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013781:Texas / Q000453:epidemiology; D044465:White People