-Shall we start? Good morning my teacher and my friends. My name is สกุณา นทีโสภา
-Today, I am here to give a presentation on Differences in Socio-Economic Status, Service Utilization, and Pregnancy Outcomes between Teenage and Adult Mothers
-My presentation is divided into 5 parts. Firstly is the purposes of the study. Secondly is Subject of the study. Next I will go to the part of method of the study. Then the result of the study will be presented. Finally I will go over the summary of the study.
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-I would like to start the first part of the presentation, the purposes of the study. the aims of the study are The present study aimed to explore the relationship of socio-economic status, service utilization,and pregnancy outcomes between teenage and adult mothers
-The subject of the study is 3,522 pregnancies were initially included in the year 2000 from 4 districts across Thailand .
-Let’s talk about the method of the study The study design was a population-based prospective cohort study conducted in four districts located in different geographical areas of Thailand data from 3,501 cases with maternal ages and giving live births were analyzed. Information was collected from interviews and maternal health records.
-The result of the study showed that
Magnitude of teenage pregnancy: Among the cohort of 3,501 pregnant women,there were 464 women under 20 years of age. Accordingly teenagers represented 13.3% of all pregnancies. The highest percentage of teenage pregnancies (i.e.18%) was found in the district from the northeastregion Table 1.Most teenage mothers (68.8%) were 18 to 19 years of age, while 26.1% were 16 to 17 years old and 5.1% were 14 to 15 years old. Teenage mothers gave birth to a higher proportion of very low birth weight infants than did adult mothers (i.e. 15.1% and 8.8% respectively).
Differences in socioeconomic status, service utilization, and pregnancy outcomes: Table 2 shows the differences in socio economic status, service utilization, and reproductive health history between teenage and adult mothers. The pregnancy was not planned compared with adult mothers. Most teenage mothers were pregnant for the first time. Among teenagers with two or more parity, there was a higher proportion or higher risk of previous obstetric problems than amongst the cohort of adult women, 1.56 times.
Table 3 illustrates the differences in pregnancy outcomes between teenage and adult mothers. Teenage mothers gave birth to a significantly higher proportion or higher risk of low birth-weight infants (15.1%) than the cohort of adult mothers (8.8%), or 1.7 times. However, there was no significant difference in the APGAR scores or neonatal problems, comparing infants born to teenage mothers versus adult mothers.
In conclusion: The prevalence of teenage pregnancies in Thailand remains high. Most teenage mothers and their newborn infants are vulnerable to a variety of potentially serious health problems, and accordingly need appropriate help and support.
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