Socio-economic factors affecting teenage pregnancy in northern Indian population: A cross sectional studyAccording to United Nation Population Division & World Bank, the adolescent fertility rate is defined as "number of births per 1, 000 women ages 15–19" and supposed to be one of the best ...
Risk factors associated with teenage pregnancy in the context of an HIV and AIDS epidemic in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), South Africa. Is an alternative approach needed?Jinabhai Professor, ChampakTaylor, MyraDlamini, SiyabongaSathiparsad, Reshma
Waddington, DianneWaddington, D. (2007). Teenage pregnancy: Risk-taking, contraceptive use and risk factors (Degree Report). University of Goteborg, Sweden.
Psychosocial factors associated with teenage pregnancy in Jamaica.Compares the self-esteem and perceived maternal care and control of 134 Jamaican schoolgirls and 108 pregnant adolescents and teenage mothers. Review of the literature; Parent-daughter interaction and teenage pregnancy; Self-esteem and ...
Over 76% of the teenage respondents in the study had experienced unplanned pregnancy. Among the prominent factors that stood out in the analysis for this high rate of teenage pregnancy were early sex and marriage, low contraceptive use, low educational levels, low socio-economic status, lack of...
These findings should also be interpreted in the context of the issues that constitute the constructs and how perception trends on each issue should be interpreted as affecting pregnancy rate. 3.4. Composite frequency tables of the five constructs investigated as possible causes of adolescent pregnancy...
Therefore, exploring these factors affecting women’s childbirth fear is the first step towards establishing regular assessments, proper educational interventions, and the provision of mental health care to childbearing women in Malawi. Given that previous research indicated that women’s childbirth fear ...
This study examined the competencies of adolescent girls to either proactively prevent teenage pregnancy or reactively cope effectively with it. Methods A cross-sectional survey approach was used to interview 820 adolescent girls aged 15???19 years in Accra, Ghana. The main focus of the study was...
Postpartum depression (PPD) is a common and disabling public health complication of the postpartum period in women. It is believed to occur three times more commonly in developing countries than in the developed world and is more prevalent among women in
There are two paradigms by which to study sexual behavior: firstly the “reproductive” motivation, and secondly the “erotic” motivation, with HSDD generally affecting the latter. The author here lists the main factors involved in the learning of erotic behavior (such behavior is ...