Merrick Joav, Morad Mohammed
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Division of Community Health and Department of Family Medicine, Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel.
Int J Adolesc Med Health. 2002 Apr-Jun;14(2):161-4. doi: 10.1515/ijamh.2002.14.2.161.
Teenage or adolescent pregnancy requires the extensive involvement of health care workers in respect to the medical and social aspects of pregnancy, delivery, and later care of both mother and child. Trends in adolescent pregnancy over the last few years from the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom are presented and related to data from Israel. Adolescent pregnancy in Israel has been on the decline, but in 1999 it was still 3.4% of all live births (131,936 children) with more pregnancies in this group among the non-Jewish population (7.2%) than in the Jewish population (1.7%).
青少年怀孕需要医护人员在怀孕、分娩以及母婴后期护理的医学和社会层面广泛参与。文中呈现了过去几年美国、加拿大和英国青少年怀孕的趋势，并与以色列的数据相关联。以色列青少年怀孕率一直在下降，但在1999年，其仍占所有活产婴儿（131,936名儿童）的3.4%，该群体中，非犹太人群体的怀孕率（7.2%）高于犹太人群体（1.7%）。
