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Medical records Research letter 18 January 2026 Free

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

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.

Oliver Watkeys, Kimberlie Dean, Kristin R. Laurens, Stacy Tzoumakis, Vaughan J. Carr, Melissa J. Green

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