Begun Stephanie
a Graduate School of Social Work, University of Denver , Denver , Colorado , USA.
Soc Work Health Care. 2015;54(5):444-60. doi: 10.1080/00981389.2015.1030058.
Compared to their housed counterparts, homeless youth become pregnant at exceptionally high rates. Causes of such pregnancies are multifaceted, while a paradoxically high proportion of these pregnancies are intended. This review discusses causes and risk factors associated with homeless youth pregnancies, and notes experiences of pregnancy decision-making discord, challenges encountered during and following pregnancy, and difficulties faced by homeless youth when or if they become parents. Because homeless youth face a wide array of unique risks, future research would benefit from exploring alternative approaches to prevention to reduce pregnancies and improve sexual and reproductive health outcomes among this population.
与有住所的同龄人相比，无家可归的青少年怀孕率异常高。此类怀孕的原因是多方面的，而这些怀孕中有高比例是出于意料之外的。本综述讨论了与无家可归青少年怀孕相关的原因和风险因素，并指出了怀孕决策不一致的经历、怀孕期间及之后遇到的挑战，以及无家可归青少年成为父母时或如果成为父母所面临的困难。由于无家可归的青少年面临着一系列独特的风险，未来的研究将受益于探索替代性预防方法，以减少该人群的怀孕情况并改善性健康和生殖健康结果。
