scholarly journals Calculation of Haem Iron Intake and Its Role in the Development of Iron Deficiency in Young Women from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health

Nutrients ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 515 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angela Reeves ◽  
Mark McEvoy ◽  
Lesley MacDonald-Wicks ◽  
Daniel Barker ◽  
John Attia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Iron Deficiency ◽  
Women’S Health ◽  
Women's Health ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Iron Intake ◽  
Australian Longitudinal Study ◽  
Haem Iron

Risk factors for pregnancy and childbearing in single young women: Evidence from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health

2005 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 292-303 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lauren R. Miller-Lewis ◽  
Tracey D. Wade ◽  
Christina Lee
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Women’S Health ◽  
Women's Health ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Early Pregnancy ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Reproductive Behaviour ◽  
Developmental Perspective ◽  
Australian Longitudinal Study

This study investigated psychosocial predictors of early pregnancy and childbearing in single young women, consistent with the Eriksonian developmental perspective. Two mail-out surveys assessing reproductive behaviour and sociodemographic, education/competence, psychosocial well-being, and aspiration factors were completed 4 years apart by 2635 young women, aged 18 to 20 when first surveyed. Young women in the “emerging adulthood” developmental period were selected from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health. Longitudinally, lower investment in education over low-status paid work, experiencing unemployment, greater psychosocial distress, stress and alcohol use, and high family aspirations combined with low vocational aspirations were risk factors for early single pregnancy and childbearing. Several mediational relationships also existed between these predictor variables. It was concluded that psychosocial factors play an important role in understanding early pregnancy and childbearing in single young Australian women, and that the findings provide some support for investigating early pregnancy and childbearing from an Eriksonian developmental perspective.

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