Importance of Targeted Care in Improving Maternal-Child Outcomes in Teen Pregnancy

This review highlights the importance of providing culturally appropriate, age-specific prenatal care to adolescents. Nontraditional models such as group prenatal care, school-based programs, and age-specific pregnancy programs are more effective at addressing the complex social, emotional, and health care needs of adolescent mothers. Improvements in contraception access, reproductive education, expanded clinic access, and postpartum care can lead to better health outcomes for both adolescent mothers and their infants.