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

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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.

Lauren Baney, Alison Greene, Catherine Sherwood-Laughlin, et al.

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(24), 16906

12/2022

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Children and youth · Families · Maternal health and prenatal care · Social connectedness · Social determinants of health · Teen pregnancy · Women