摘要
1.Introduction Pregnancy in adolescents is a significant public health challenge.The adolescent birth rate has fallen due to improvements in public health.However,teenage pregnancy is still a major issue in many parts of the world,both developed and developing countries.Pregnancy in adoles-cence has broad health,economic and social consequences.Nevertheless,different communities vary in terms of both predictors and outcomes of teenage pregnancy.However,in general,those communities with lower levels of education or unsustainable economic status tend to have higher rates of teenage pregnancy.
