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SUBMITTER: Stoner MCD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6625926 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Stoner Marie C D MCD Rucinski Katherine B KB Edwards Jessie K JK Selin Amanda A Hughes James P JP Wang Jing J Agyei Yaw Y Gomez-Olive F Xavier FX MacPhail Catherine C Kahn Kathleen K Pettifor Audrey A
Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education 20190228 4
<i>Background</i>. Prevention of both school dropout and teen pregnancy represent clear public health priorities for South Africa, yet their complex and potentially cyclical relationship has not been fully explored. <i>Objective</i>. To further understand how this relationship operates, we analyzed data from a randomized trial of young women aged 13 to 20 years enrolled in school in rural South Africa to estimate the association between pregnancy and subsequent dropout and between dropout and su ...[more]