If You Do Not Ask, They Will Not Tell: Evaluating Pregnancy Risk in Young Women in Pediatric Hospitals

Mandy S. Coles, May Lau, Aletha Y. Akers

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Abstract

Adolescents experience some of the highest rates of unintended pregnancy among women of all reproductive age groups. And despite the fact that adolescents often receive care in pediatric hospital settings, evaluation of pregnancy risk is inconsistent. Pregnancy risk assessments can identify opportunities to deliver reproductive health services, allow earlier pregnancy diagnoses, and reduce morbidity and mortality for medically complex adolescent patients and their pregnancies. In this commentary we discuss some of the challenges and potential solutions to performing pregnancy risk assessments in pediatric hospital settings.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)251-252
Number of pages2
JournalJournal of Adolescent Health
Volume58
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 1 2016

Keywords

  • Adolescent
  • Pediatric hospital
  • Pregnancy risk
  • Pregnancy testing

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Psychiatry and Mental health

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