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What are the consequences of unintended pregnancies?
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Air date: September 9, 2012
Host: Kathy Miller, MD
Interview: Mary Applegate, M.D., MPH, Associate Dean for Public Health Practice, University at Albany School of Public Health.
From 2006 to 2010, 37 percent of pregnancies were reported to be unplanned. Unintentional pregnancies have been found to affect the amount of prenatal care mothers receive and decrease the likelihood of breastfeeding. Mary Applegate, M.D., MPH, associate dean for public health practice at the University at Albany School of Public Health, who has an extensive background in family planning, shares the impact of these consequences on babies’ health and the value of education in decreasing the unintended pregnancy rate.
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