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|a Adolescent childbearing : geographic and demographic disparities in Palm Beach county |h [electronic resource]. |
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|a Miami, Fla. : |b Barry University, |c 2001. |
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|a ix, 103 leaves ; |c 28 cm |
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|a Barry University Dissertations -- College of Nursing and Health Sciences. |
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|a Thesis (Ph.D.)--Barry University, 2001. |
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|a Includes bibliographical references (leaves 91-103). |
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|a Copyright Beverly Ann David. Permission granted to Barry University to digitize, archive and distribute this item for non-profit research and educational purposes. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires permission of the copyright holder. |
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|a Palm Beach County's impoverished, pregnant, minority adolescents demonstrate extremely high childbearing rates. As a function of their geographic and demographic characteristics these vulnerable adolescents experience differential health trajectories (Cornerstone, 2001a). The purpose of this quantitative, correlational investigation was to predict what distinguished infant birth weight and childbearing adolescents in high and low birth rate zip code areas in Palm Beach County, Florida for the year 1999. Predictive discriminant analysis was used to test the ability and strength of the predictor variables: maternal age, education, race/ethnicity, prenatal care, and tobacco use in their contribution to classification in the criterion variables of high and low infant birth weight and childbearing adolescents in high and low birth rate zip code areas. The results of this investigation demonstrated that childbearing youth within Palm Beach County's high birth rate zip code areas were more likely to live in disadvantaged environments, be Black, Mexican, Central or South American Hispanic, have fewer prenatal visits, less years of education and have their infant be of less than average birth weight. A discussion of culturally competent nursing health care delivery options for at-risk populations and recommendations for nursing policy, practice and research are provided. |
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|a Electronic reproduction. |c Barry University, |d 2020. |f (Barry University Digital Collections) |n Mode of access: World Wide Web. |n System requirements: Internet connectivity; Web browser software. |
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|a Barry University Archives and Special Collections. |
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|a Teenage mothers |x Florida. |
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|a Teenage pregnancy |x Florida. |
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|a Pregnant schoolgirls |x Florida. |
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|a Minority teenagers |x Attitudes. |
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|a Teenagers |x Sexual behavior |x Florida. |
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