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100			_aRomans, Sarah E. _92029
245			_aRisk factors for adolescent pregnancy : _bhow important is child sexual abuse? _cRomans, Sarah E.; Martin, Judy; Morris, Eleanor M.
260			_aWellington _bNew Zealand Medical Association _c1997
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500			_aNew Zealand Medical Journal 110(1037) February 1997 : 30-33
520			_aThis article discusses a study that examined the relative importance of child sexual abuse as a risk factor for adolescent pregnancy. Data from the cross-sectional phase of an investigation of childhood sexual abuse in Dunedin women aged under 65 years in 1989, was used for this paper. The research consisted of a two phase methodology, which involved a postal survey as well as interviews, with a total of 477 women participating in the research. The results show that women who were pregnant before 19 came from families evaluated as having significant problems. This involved a number of preceding familial and psychosocial factors, such as living in a nonnuclear family or one in which frequent rows occurred between the parents, being physically punished after the age of 12, and not having a confidante as a child. Although those women who reported child sexual abuse were more likely to become pregnant before 19, it was found this variable was confounded by the above factors. Severity of sexual abuse was a better predictor of adolescent pregnancy. For women reporting non-genital child sexual abuse, the rate for pregnancy under the age of 19 was 9.6%; for those with genital child sexual abuse, 18.8%; and for those women reporting intercourse child sexual abuse, 31.3%. The authors caution that it would be unwise to extrapolate the results to samples with greater ethnic diversity given that recruitment for this study was from Dunedin city electoral rolls. It should also be noted that the methodology did not permit the study of how planned or wanted the pregnancies were. It was suggested that prevention of early pregnancy in New Zealand needs to focus on the adolescent's family.
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650	2	7	_2FVC _aADOLESCENTS _943
650	2	7	_2FVC _aDEMOGRAPHICS _9189
650	2	7	_2FVC _aNEGLECT _9401
650	2	7	_2FVC _aPREGNANCY _9455
650	2	7	_aRISK FACTORS _9505
650	2	7	_2FVC _aSTATISTICS _9575
650	2	7	_aYOUNG MOTHERS _93375
650	2	7	_aYOUNG WOMEN _9661
651		4	_aNEW ZEALAND _92588
650	2	7	_9103 _aCHILD ABUSE _2FVC
650	2	7	_9121 _aCHILD SEXUAL ABUSE
650	2	4	_aSEXUAL VIOLENCE _9531
700	1		_aMartin, Judy _91644
700	1		_aMorris, Eleanor M. _91755
773	0		_tNew Zealand Medical Journal 110(1037) February 1997 : 30-33
830			_aNew Zealand Medical Journal _94639
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