
@article{ref1,
title="Domestic violence and trauma care in teenage pregnancy: does paternal age make a difference?",
journal="Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing",
year="2004",
author="Harner, Holly M.",
volume="33",
number="3",
pages="312-319",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To determine whether teenagers partnered with adult men were more likely to report domestic violence and trauma-related care during pregnancy than teenagers partnered with male peers. DESIGN: Nonexperimental, descriptive comparative design. SETTING: Postpartum unit in a large, urban teaching hospital. PARTICIPANTS: English-speaking teenagers who recently delivered a live infant. METHODS: Semistructured interviews lasting from 30 minutes to 2 hours. INSTRUMENTS: The Abuse Assessment Screen, the Danger Assessment Scale. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Domestic violence and trauma-related care during pregnancy. RESULTS: Teenagers with adult partners were not more likely to report domestic violence or seek trauma-related care during pregnancy than teenagers with peer-age partners. CONCLUSION: Researchers, policy makers, and health care providers should continue to address violence occurring among pregnant teenagers by identifying subgroups who may be at increased risk of abuse.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0884-2175",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}