Teenage Reproductive Health: Pregnancy, Contraception, Unsafe Abortion, Fertility

• Main Author: Jon Øyvind Odland (Ed.) (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2018
• Subjects: Fertility; Unsafe abortion; Pregnancy outcome; Postabortion care; Teenage pregnancies; Environmental impacts on pregnancy; Contraception; Unwanted pregnancies; Early child development
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Maternal mortality is still globally high and reducing it is a top priority. Teenage pregnancies have more complications and are also unwanted in many cases. This contributes to the high maternal mortality with both obstetric complications and burden of unsafe abortion. Additionally, many teenagers...