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"It Was Just Really Hard to Be Pregnant in a Smaller Town …": Pregnant and Parenting Teenagers' Perspectives of Social Support in Their Rural Communities

Description
Examines the levels of support available for pregnant and parenting teenagers in rural communities. Provides information from 26 interviews with current and former pregnant/parenting teenagers who report on the availability of emotional, instrumental, informational, and appraisal social supports.
Author(s)
Lauren Baney, Alison Greene, Catherine Sherwood-Laughlin, et al.
Citation
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(24), 16906
Date
12/2022
Type
Document
Tagged as
Children and youth · Families · Maternal health and prenatal care · Social connectedness · Social determinants of health · Teen pregnancy · Women