Pregnancy and reproductive healthcare among adolescent girls in the child welfare system
Despite broad reductions in teen pregnancy over time, adolescent girls with exposure to sexual abuse or engagement in substance use or delinquency face a persistently high risk for very early pregnancy. Medical providers and child welfare agencies need to coordinate service provision to address the sexual and reproductive health needs of at-risk teens.
Authors
- Sarah A. Font (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4022-5517)
- Dylan F. Jones (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9101-746X)
- Beatriz Silva (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0167-5689)
Institutions
- Pennsylvania State University (US)
- Washington University in St. Louis (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Pediatrics
- Published
- 2025-12-10
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fped.2025.1708452
- Primary Topic
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development