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The rates are on the decline worldwide. But adolescent pregnancies still occur, placing millions of girls each year at risk for medical complications and social isolation, and their babies for severe health problems--especially when prenatal care is inadequate or nonexistent.   But as the opportunity for young women and girls increases around the world, adolescent pregnancy will continue to decline. Featuring reports from countries across the developed and developing worlds, the  International Handbook of Adolescent Pregnancy analyzes the scope of the problem and the diversity of social and professional responses. Its biological/ecological perspective identifies factors influencing childhood pregnancy, as well as outcomes, challenges, and needs of very young mothers as they differ across nations and regions. Salient comparisons are made as cultural contexts and community support vary widely, and attention is paid to issues such as child marriage, LGBT concerns, and the impact of religion and politics on health care, particularly access to contraception, abortion, and other services. This global coverage heightens the understanding of readers involved in care, education, and prevention programs, and otherwise concerned with the psychosocial development, reproductive health, and general well-being of girls. Included in the Handbook:   Biological influences of adolescent pregnancy. Adolescent maternal health and childbearing. Adolescent pregnancy and mental health. International perspectives on adolescent fathers. Adolescent pregnancy as a feminist issue. Adolescent pregnancy as a social problem. Plus viewpoints from more than thirty countries.   As a unique source of up-to-date findings and clear-headed analysis, the International Handbook of Adolescent Pregnancy is a go-to reference for practitioners and researchers in maternal and child health, pediatrics, adolescent medicine, and global health.

Developmental psychology. --- Maternal and infant welfare. --- Medicine. --- Pregnancy in Adolescence. --- Pregnancy. --- Public health. --- Sexual Behavior -- in adolescence. --- Social work. --- Teenage pregnancy --- Pregnancy --- Reproduction --- Reproductive Physiological Processes --- Reproductive Physiological Phenomena --- Reproductive and Urinary Physiological Phenomena --- Phenomena and Processes --- Pregnancy in Adolescence --- Medicine --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Pediatrics --- Gynecology & Obstetrics --- Teenage pregnancy. --- Adolescent pregnancy --- Pregnancy, Adolescent --- Pregnancy, Teenage --- Pregnancy in adolescence --- Teen pregnancy --- Maternal and child health services. --- Child psychology. --- School psychology. --- Medicine & Public Health. --- Maternal and Child Health. --- Social Work. --- Child and School Psychology. --- Development (Psychology) --- Developmental psychobiology --- Psychology --- Life cycle, Human --- Benevolent institutions --- Philanthropy --- Relief stations (for the poor) --- Social service agencies --- Social welfare --- Social work --- Human services --- Infant welfare --- Infants --- Maternity welfare --- Child welfare --- Mothers --- Women --- Maternal health services --- Charities, protection, etc. --- Charities --- Psychology, School --- Psychology, Applied --- Behavior, Child --- Child behavior --- Child study --- Children --- Pediatric psychology --- Child development --- Developmental psychology