What a difference a year makes? Too little too late.
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'… if we could successfully intervene and change a woman's age at first birth and n oth in g else about her up to that point'? 1 Scally argu es th at we do n ot deal with th e m u ch m ore im port-an t issu es of th e edu cation al an d social effects of early m oth er-h ood an d focu s on a n arrow m edical defin ition of pu blic h ealth. We wou ld argu e th at we deal prim arily with th e detrim en tal effects, for m oth er an d ch ild, of social deprivation. However, we do n ot feel th at th ese problem s are th e preserve of on e particu lar age grou p. We agree with Scally, Rich-Edwards an d Sm ith th at som e teen age m oth ers in th e UK, US an d Nepal h ave bligh ted lives, bu t we do n ot believe th at labellin g a wom an wh o ch ooses to h ave a baby u n der th e age of twen ty as a pu blic h ealth problem actu ally h elps th e m oth er or h er ch ild. We believe th at th e u n derlyin g problem lies in society's attitu des towards you n g people an d specifically in attitu des towards wom en 's repro-du ctive lives. It seem s th at we are all agreed th at th ere are n o in h eren t h ealth or m edical problem s associated with becom in g pregn an t an d h avin g a ch ild before th e age of twen ty. Th erefore, if society were su ch th at a 16-year-old cou ld begin h er fam ily at th at age, an d th en say in h er m id-twen ties, retu rn to edu cation or a ch osen career path , with ou t preju dice an d u n du e u ph ill stru ggle, th ere wou ld be n o problem. Referrin g to very differen t con texts
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عنوان ژورنال:
- International journal of epidemiology
دوره 31 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2002