2006 Volume 20 Issue 2 Pages 2_50-2_63
Purpose
In this research, it was intended to analyze the domestic bibliographies from 1990 to 2005 regarding pregnant teenagers and to point out future challenge.
Methodology
"Japana Centra Revuo Madicina (Ichushi Web)" and "Current Index to Japanese Nursing Literature (Saishin-Kango Sakuin)" were used. The key words used for this search were "underage pregnancy, young primipara, teenage pregnancy and adolescence pregnancy". As the result, 106 bibliographies were found and were analyzed, and were reviewed by categorizing the data.
Results
Based on the analysis of the bibliographies, the content was categorized into 4 items regarding the background of pregnant teenagers, pregnancy and child rearing, and future challenge was added as 5th categories. In the existing bibliographies, there were relatively many proposals about the status of pregnant teenagers and the effect of care and support, but not much research were available demonstrating and discussing about the care and the characteristic difference by various age categories. Furthermore, it did not clarify psychological and sociological impacts about getting acceptance of teenage pregnancies and about its experience of raising children. And about what this meant and how this would influence to their health of those pregnant teenagers.
Conclusion
It is important to pursue high quality research in future teenage pregnancy. And also it is important to study subjects' experience while paying attention to subjects' characters.
