title: Collaborative approaches to prenatal care: strategies of successful adolescent programs.
abstract: Adolescent pregnancy is not a new phenomenon in the United States. The 31.3% adolescent birth rate in the US remains one of the highest among industrialized nations. Healthy People 2020 targeted a specific goal of a 10% reduction in pregnancy rates among adolescent females. This objective is important to healthcare providers working in the maternal-child arena, as the consequences of pregnancy and birth can be relatively detrimental to the adolescent, the offspring, and society as a whole. Programs purposely designed for the adolescent population are essential to promoting and achieving optimal results. The intent of this article was to highlight 3 successful prenatal programs that use a collaborative and interprofessional approach to caring for pregnant adolescents: group prenatal care, school-based programs, and age-specific clinics.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, WA 98431, USA. rlcjumper@aol.com
authors.forename: Rebecca L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Cypher
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D001723:Birth Rate; D003268:Contraception Behavior; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005193:Family Planning Services / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D008423:Maternal Age; D011155:Population Control / Q000379:methods; D011247:Pregnancy; D011253:Pregnancy in Adolescence / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011295:Prenatal Care / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration; D012572:School Health Services; D014481:United States