The teen-tot clinic: an alternative to traditional care for infants of teenaged mothers

J Adolesc Health Care. 1982 Aug;3(1):19-23. doi: 10.1016/s0197-0070(82)80023-5.

Abstract

A comprehensive interdisciplinary clinic was established to provide health care for teenaged mothers less than 16 years old and their infants. Thirty-five mother-infants pairs using this clinic were matched with 70 mother-infant pairs who used "traditional" health care facilities. Significant differences in infant outcomes of immunization status at 6 months (91% versus 46% completed), and weight (97% versus 83% within "normal" range) and maternal outcomes of contraceptive use (91% versus 63%), enrollment in educational programs (86% versus 66%), and repeat pregnancy rate (16% versus 38%) were found between Teen-Tot Clinic participants and the control group. Coordination and consolidation of services for teenaged mothers and their infants appears to favorably influence their short-term outcomes.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Ambulatory Care / methods*
  • Female
  • Health Facilities / statistics & numerical data*
  • Humans
  • Immunization
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Male
  • Maternal-Child Health Centers / statistics & numerical data*
  • Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy in Adolescence