A qualitative study was done to explore and describe the problems of teenage
mothers in the southern Hho-Hho region of Swaziland.
Ten teenage mothers wrote naive sketches and fourteen teenage mothers
were interviewed. The findings of the research indicated a lack of support for
the teenage mother in all the dimensions studies in this research which include
physical, social, cultural, emotional, spiritual, economical and educational.
This lack of support systems were found to be the paramount problem and
need urgent attention.
The vicious circle of lack of support, ignorance, interruption of education and
unplanned motherhood can only be addressed if all stakeholders including the
multidisciplinary team actively participate to prevent teenage pregnancy and
provide support for teenagers in general. / Nursing Science / M.A. (Nursing Science)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:unisa/oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/961 |
| Date | 28 February 2002 |
| Creators | Dlamini, Lovegirl Sybil |
| Contributors | Van der Merwe, M. M., Lock, M. V. L. H. |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Dissertation |
| Format | 1 online resource (xi, 215 leaves) |
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