Birth weight, Apgar scores, labor and delivery complications and prenatal characteristics of Southeast Asian adolescents and older mothers.
Adolescence
; 21(83): 711-22, 1986.
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ABSTRACT
The study population included 337 adolescents and 876 mothers who delivered live-born, singleton infants in the Maternity and Infant Care Program at the Minneapolis Health Department between 1980-1982. Whites and blacks on the average experienced menarche 1-2 years earlier than the Southeast Asians although age of first pregnancy was 2 years later for the Southeast Asians. In spite of the significantly later ages of entry into prenatal care, lower weight gains, and hematocrits among the Southeast Asians, compared to the white and black populations, overall height-weight status on admission compared favorably with whites and blacks. The virtual absence of alcohol and tobacco consumption among the Southeast Asians may in fact contribute to the generally favorable Apgar scores, length of gestation, and birth weights. The high frequencies of alcohol and tobacco consumption among white adolescents during pregnancy suggest the need for more intervention to discourage smoking in this population. Further, the potential adoption of these substances needs to be discouraged among the Southeast Asian adolescents. While 2-4% of the whites, blacks and Hmong adolescents experienced eclampsia, 1% of the older Hmong mothers and none of the other Southeast Asians experienced eclampsia. The most frequent complication for all groups was perineal laceration.
Palavras-chave
Adolescents; Age Factors; Alcohol Drinking; Americas; Asia; Birth Weight; Blacks; Comparative Studies; Cultural Background; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Developing Countries; Diseases; Ethnic Groups; Health; Maternal Health; Minnesota; North America; Northern America; Population; Population Characteristics; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Complications; Pregnancy Outcomes; Reproduction; Research Methodology; Research Report; Smoking; Social Behavior; Southeastern Asia; Studies; United States; Whites; Youth
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Índice de Apgar
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Complicações na Gravidez
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Peso ao Nascer
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Asiático
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Complicações do Trabalho de Parto
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Female
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Humans
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Newborn
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Pregnancy
País/Região como assunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Adolescence
Ano de publicação:
1986
Tipo de documento:
Article