Effective prenatal care for adolescent girls.
Provision of prenatal care for adolescents requires an understanding of routine prenatal care as well as developmental and psychosocial issues unique to this population. In this article, management of adolescent pregnancy, including the prenatal history, physical examination, diagnostic testing, and follow-up care are presented. Collaboration with other disciplines, which optimizes care, is also discussed.
Scarr
Ellen M
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Family Nurse Practitioner Program, Department of Family Health Care Nursing, University of California San Francisco, Box 0606, 2 Koret Way/Room 411-Y, San Francisco, CA 94143-0606, USA. escarr@itsa.ucsf.edu
D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008487:Medical History Taking; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011181:Postnatal Care; D011247:Pregnancy / Q000502:physiology / Q000523:psychology; D011295:Prenatal Care