Adolescent Pregnancy Among Girls Known to Child Protection Services: An Australian Longitudinal Cohort Study Using Data Linkage
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Dean, Kimberlie
Laurens, Kristin R
Tzoumakis, Stacy
Carr, Vaughan J
Green, Melissa J
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In a population cohort of 44,216 adolescent girls, about 73.5% of those who became pregnant were known to child protection services. Exposure to higher levels of child protection response was associated with increased cumulative incidence and an earlier age of pregnancy.
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Medical Journal of Australia
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224
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1
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Sociology
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Watkeys, O; Dean, K; Laurens, KR; Tzoumakis, S; Carr, VJ; Green, MJ, Adolescent Pregnancy Among Girls Known to Child Protection Services: An Australian Longitudinal Cohort Study Using Data Linkage, Medical Journal of Australia, 2026, 224 (1), pp. e70130