Domestic violence and trauma care in teenage pregnancy: Does paternal age make a difference?
Domestic violence and trauma care in teenage pregnancy: Does paternal age make a difference?
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DOI:
10.1177/0884217504264867
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发表时间:
2004-05-01
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1.8
通讯作者:
Harner, HM
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作者:
Harner, HM
Objective: To determine whether teenagers partnered with adult men were more likely to report domestic violence and trauma-related care during pregnancy than teenagers partnered with male peers.Design: Nonexperimental, descriptive comparative design. Setting: Postpartum unit in a large, urban teaching hospital.Participants: English-speaking teenagers who recently delivered a live infant.Methods: Semistructured interviews lasting from 30 minutes to 2 hours. Instruments: The Abuse Assessment Screen, the Danger Assessment Scale.Main Outcome Measures: Domestic violence and trauma-related care during pregnancy.Results: Teenagers with adult partners were not more likely to report domestic violence or seek trauma-related care during pregnancy than teenagers with peer-age partners.Conclusion: Researchers, policy makers, and health care providers should continue to address violence occurring among pregnant teenagers by identifying subgroups who may be at increased risk of abuse. JOGNN, 33, 312-319; 2004.