McManus, Hayley2012-02-162014-02-172007http://hdl.handle.net/10092/6303http://dx.doi.org/10.26021/9947There is a paucity of research about the uptake and utilisation of antenatal care by pregnant adolescents in New Zealand. Media coverage, public perceptions and societal values often presume that adolescents when compared to other women, generally initiate antenatal care if at all and have adverse outcomes related to pregnancy, such as low birth weight and preterm deliveries compared to other woman. This research aims to assess the variations that may exist in the utilisation of and outcomes from antenatal care maternity services for adolescents compared to the pregnant adult population in Christchurch, between 1st July 2004 and the 30th June 2005.enCopyright Hayley McManusmaternitygeneral practiceadolescent pregnancyTheses / Dissertations