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The mental health needs of low-income pregnant teens: a nursing-social work partnership in care
- Authors:
- PAYNE Nancy A., ANASTAS Jeane W.
- Journal article citation:
- Research on Social Work Practice, 25(5), 2015, pp.595-606.
- Publisher:
- Sage
While the rates of teen childbearing have declined in the United States, adolescents who become pregnant and decide to rear their babies are often from low-income, highly stressed families and communities. This article describes the psychosocial problems of pregnant urban teens and how exposure to interpersonal trauma and current mental health problems may affect their prenatal health behaviour. It will discuss nurse home visiting as a preventive intervention with proven effectiveness in enhancing maternal prenatal health and behaviour and the health and development of children born to mothers at risk, and how a nurse–family collaboration with social workers can facilitate this mission. By providing collaborative care that addresses psychosocial, health, and mental health concerns, interventions like home visiting can reach their full potential. (Edited publisher abstract)