Factors associated with childhood sexual abuse and adolescent pregnancy.

Background: People who experience childhood sexual abuse (CSA) have a higher rate of adolescent pregnancy than people who do not experience CSA. The purpose of this integrative review was to identify risk or protective factors that are associated with this group to help understand the high rate of adolescent pregnancy in people with CSA histories.

Methods: This review was conducted using strategies described by Whittemore and Knafl (2005).