Adolescent girls’ resilience to teenage pregnancy and motherhood in Begoro, Ghana: the effect of financial support

Gyan, Sylvia Esther

doi:10.1080/17450128.2017.1290305

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“…The studies that reported relational resilience-enablers frequently implied that relationships were close and/or warmly interdependent (e.g., Berckmoes, de Jong, & Reis, 2017; Betancourt et al., 2011; Camfield, 2012; Daniel, Apila, Bjørgo, & Lie, 2007; Fjermestad, Kvestad, Daniel, & Lie, 2008; Fournier, Bridge, Pritchard Kennedy, Alibhai, & Konde-Lule, 2014), and/or characterised by material and/or instrumental generosity (Boothby et al., 2017; Fjermestad et al., 2008; Gyan, 2017; Vindevogel, Ager, Schiltz, Broekaert, & Derluyn, 2015). This fits with traditional African ways-of-being and -doing.…”

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“…2 SSA studies E.g., disregard for norms of silence or traditional solutions to rape Daniel et al, 2007;Stark et al, 2016 2014), and/or characterised by material and/or instrumental generosity (Boothby et al, 2017;Fjermestad et al, 2008;Gyan, 2017;Vindevogel, Ager, Schiltz, Broekaert, & Derluyn, 2015). This fits with traditional African ways-of-being and -doing.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Resilience of sub-Saharan children and adolescents: A scoping review

Theron

2020

Transcult Psychiatry

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The population of sub-Saharan children and adolescents is substantial and growing. Even though most of this population is vulnerable, there is no comprehensive understanding of the social-ecological factors that could be leveraged by mental health practitioners to support their resilience. The present study undertakes a narrative scoping review of empirical research (quantitative, qualitative, and mixed) on the resilience of children and adolescents living in sub-Saharan Africa to determine what enables their resilience and what may be distinctive about African pathways of child and adolescent resilience. Online databases were used to identify full-text, peer-reviewed papers published 2000–2018, from which we selected 59 publications detailing the resilience of children and/or adolescents living in 18 sub-Saharan countries. Studies show that the resilience of sub-Saharan children and adolescents is a complex, social-ecological process supported by relational, personal, structural, cultural, and/or spiritual resilience-enablers, as well as disregard for values or practices that could constrain resilience. The results support two insights that have implications for how mental health practitioners facilitate the resilience of sub-Saharan children and adolescents: (i) relational and personal supports matter more-or-less equally; and (ii) the capacity for positive adjustment is complexly interwoven with African ways-of-being and -doing.

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Resilience of sub-Saharan children and adolescents: A scoping review

Theron

2020

Transcult Psychiatry

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“…The dearth of care among adolescent mothers has advanced to a surged peril of poor maternal and neonatal health sequelae [6]. This predisposes adolescent mothers to a greater risk of eclampsia, prolonged labour, puerperal endometritis, STIs and systemic infections [2,4,7,8]. Consequently, the infants of adolescent mothers face greater risks of low birth weight, preterm delivery and severe neonatal conditions [2,4,5,7,8].…”

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“…This predisposes adolescent mothers to a greater risk of eclampsia, prolonged labour, puerperal endometritis, STIs and systemic infections [2,4,7,8]. Consequently, the infants of adolescent mothers face greater risks of low birth weight, preterm delivery and severe neonatal conditions [2,4,5,7,8]. Evidence exists that children born to adolescent mothers are likely to become adolescent mothers in the future [5].…”

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Socio-economic factors associated with adolescent pregnancy and motherhood: Analysis of the 2017 Ghana maternal health survey

Senkyire

Boateng²,

Boakye³

et al. 2022

PLoS ONE

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Background Adolescent pregnancy and motherhood have been linked to several factors stemming from social, cultural and to a large extent economic issues. This study examined the socio-economic factors associated with adolescent pregnancy and motherhood in Ghana. Design This was a secondary analysis of the 2017 Ghana Maternal Health Survey, which was a nationally representative cross-sectional survey. Data from 4785 adolescents aged between 15–19 years were included in the analysis. Adolescent pregnancy was defined as adolescents who have ever been pregnant, whiles adolescent motherhood was defined as adolescents who have ever given birth. Weighted logistic regression was used to assess the association between the socio-economic variables and adolescent pregnancy and motherhood. Results Of the 25062 women aged between 15 and 49 years included in the 2017 maternal health survey, 4785 (19.1%) were adolescents between 15–19 years. Adolescent pregnancy was reported in 14.6% (CI:13.2% -16.1%) of the respondents, whereas 11.8% (CI: 10.5% -13.1%) of the respondents had ever given birth. In the multivariate regression analysis, zone (p<0.001), wealth index (p<0.001), age (p<0.001), marital status (p<0.001) and level of education (p<0.001) were all significantly associated with adolescent pregnancy and motherhood. The odds of pregnancy and motherhood were significantly higher in the Middle and Coastal zones (p<0.001), and among older adolescents (p<0.001). However, the odds of pregnancy and motherhood was significantly lower among adolescents from households with the highest wealth index (p<0.001), among those who were never married (p<0.001) and among adolescents who had secondary/higher education (p<0.001). Conclusion Several socio-economic variables including education, household wealth, marital status and zone of residence were significantly associated with adolescent pregnancy and adolescent motherhood. Sexual and reproductive health education should be intensified among these populations. Adolescent friendly corners should be made available and accessible to all adolescents in Ghana irrespective of where they live or their age.

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