Psychosocial risk factors of teenage pregnancy in eastern Taiwan.

Teenage pregnancy is a growing worldwide problem, associated with adolescents' social and health problems and poor perinatal outcome. This study was conducted to investigate psychosocial factors predisposing to the high teenage pregnancy rate in Hualien, eastern Taiwan.A regional hospital-based study was conducted with a retrospective analysis of hospital records and questionnaires to collect personal and family data regarding the perinatal...