MATERNAL FACTORS RELATED TO PRENATAL HEALTH CARE

Maternal Factors Related To Prenatal Health Care

Maternal Factors Related To Prenatal Health Care

Introduction

Several studies have linked prenatal and perinatal complications with later delinquent or criminal behavior. Prenatal and perinatal complications can lead to a range of health problems that negatively influence development.

Discussion

However, some of the evidence regarding the association between pregnancy and delivery complications and delinquency has been conflicting. For example, neither Denno's study of Philadelphia youth nor Farrington's Cambridge study found a connection between pregnancy and delivery complications and violence. It linked pregnancy and delivery complications to violent behavior, but not ...