Adolescent Pregnancy Among Girls Known to Child Protection Services: An Australian Longitudinal Cohort Study Using Data Linkage.

Watkeys, Oliver; Dean, Kimberlie; Laurens, Kristin R; Tzoumakis, Stacy; Carr, Vaughan J; Green, Melissa J · Med J Aust · 2026

prospective_cohort · Level II

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Abstract

In a population cohort of 44,216 adolescent girls, about 73.5% of those who became pregnant were known to child protection services. Exposure to higher levels of child protection response was associated with increased cumulative incidence and an earlier age of pregnancy.

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