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Adolescent Parenthood by Patricia Meyer Spacks (auth.), Max Sugar M.D. (eds.) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Adolescent Parenthood about?

The definition of the risks of adolescent childbearing has received considerable investigative attention during the last decade. We have gradually moved away from simplistically studying young maternal age as the sole determinant of biologie and psychosocial outcome, even though we recognize it is one of several factors which warrant consideration. We now recognize that if adolescents receive adequate and consistent pre natal care, they and their infants should do nearly as weIl as adult women and their infants of similar backgrounds. Thus, the major morbidities for adolescent mothers, adolescent fathers, and their infants are psychosocial: lack of educational and voca tional futures, failed marriages, and dependence on government aid for support. The adequacy of the parenting of adolescent mothers and fathers and the long-term developmental and physical outcomes of their children are largely unstudied. This book, edited by Dr. Max Sugar, a recognized authority on adolescence, focuses on the important topic of adolescent parenthood. The authors of this timely contribution approach the topic of adolescent parenthood in a unique fashion, utilizing a combination of several approaches:

Who reads Adolescent Parenthood?

Author

Patricia Meyer Spacks (auth.), Max Sugar M.D. (eds.)

Publisher

Springer Netherlands

Published

1984

Language

EN

ISBN

9780852006269

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Medical, Medicine