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- Title
Age at Menarche and First Pregnancy Among Psychosocially At-Risk Adolescents.
- Authors
Dunbar, Jessica; Sheeder, Jeanelle; Lezotte, Dennis; Dabelea, Dana; Stevens-Simon, Catherine
- Abstract
We sought to determine which factors influence the association between menarche and conception among adolescent study participants (n = 1030), who demonstrated an earlier age of menarche than did national samples. Age at first sexual intercourse (coitarche) mediated the relationship between age at menarche and first pregnancy among White girls, whereas gynecologic age at coitarche (age at coitarche minus age at menarche) and age at menarche explained the timing of the first pregnancy among Black and Hispanic girls. Pregnancy prevention interventions to delay coitarche should also include reproductive education and contraception. (Am J Public Health. 2008;98:1822-1824. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2007.120444)
- Subjects
FIRST pregnancy; MENARCHE; CONCEPTION; SEXUAL intercourse; TEENAGE pregnancy; SEXUAL health; TEENAGE girls' health; MEDICAL care; CONTRACEPTIVE drugs
- Publication
American Journal of Public Health, 2008, Vol 98, Issue 10, p1822
- ISSN
0090-0036
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2105/AJPH.2007.120444