title: The adolescent parturient: a study of an Israeli population.
abstract: The aim of this study was to describe the frequency and characteristics of adolescent deliveries and to identify issues that might require intervention, in Haifa District, which is the third largest in Israel. The specific objectives were to assess the prevalence of 15-19-year-old parturients in the district, to characterize the younger (15-17-year) age group for demographics and educational status as well as for pregnancy and delivery progress, to describe the newborn babies of these mothers, and to compare the Jewish and Arabic subpopulations within the younger group for these parameters.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hardoff
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tamir
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Weizman
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Peretz
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D018912:Arabs; D001724:Birth Weight; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel / Q000453:epidemiology; D007585:Jews; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011253:Pregnancy in Adolescence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015995:Prevalence