Adolescent mothers’ perspectives regarding their own psychosocial and health needs: A qualitative exploratory study in Belgium

Aujoulat, Isabelle; Noirhomme-Renard, Florence; Deccache, Alain

doi:10.1016/j.pec.2010.10.028

Cited by 30 publications

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“…At the same time, a health education program in health facilities improved preparedness for childbirth among women and their families. In interviews in Belgium, Aujoulat [20] found a diversity of reproductive health education needs among teenage mothers and young pregnant women. These needs vary with life stage and whether the young woman is isolated or has family support.…”

Section: Communication About Pregnancy and Childbearingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Communication in reproductive health: Intimate topics and challenging conversations

Dehlendorf

Rinehart²

2010

Patient Education and Counseling

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Section: Communication About Pregnancy and Childbearingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Communication in reproductive health: Intimate topics and challenging conversations

Dehlendorf

Rinehart²

2010

Patient Education and Counseling

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“…However, early childbearing may be a positive force in women's lives allowing them to: develop goals, feel optimistic, engage in responsible activities (Smithbattle , Clemmens , Seamark & Lings , Kaye , Aujoulat et al . , Smid et al . , Crawford et al .…”

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Weaving dreamcatchers: mothering among American Indian women who were teen mothers

Palacios

Strickland

Chesla

et al. 2013

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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Aims The aim of this study was to explore the mothering experience and practice among reservation based adult American Indian women who had been adolescent mothers. Background Adolescent American Indian women are at an elevated risk for teen pregnancy and poor maternal/child outcomes. Identifying mothering practices among this population may help guide intervention development that will improve health outcomes. Design A collaborative orientation to community based participatory research approach. Methods Employing interpretive phenomenology, 30 adult American Indian women who resided on a Northwestern reservation were recruited. In-depth, face-to-face and telephone interviews were conducted between 2007 and 2008. Findings Women shared their mothering experience and practice which encompassed a lifespan perspective grounded in their American Indian cultural tradition. Four themes were identified: mother hen, interrupted mothering and second chances, breaking cycles and mothering a community. Mothering originated in childhood, extended across their lifespan and moved beyond mothering their biological offspring. Conclusion These findings challenge the Western construct of mothering and charge nurses to seek culturally sensitive interventions that reinforce positive mothering practices and identify when additional mothering support is needed across a woman’s lifespan.

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“…In marginalized social classes, becoming a mother remains a relevant alternative in the search for a status and social identity 1 . However, this understanding can perpetuate the cycle of poverty, since young people with low family socioeconomic status who become mothers, tend to continue in this condition, aggravating the exclusion process [7][8][9] . Given that 13.3% of the population consists of adolescent and young women 10 , therein lies the relevance of this study, which aims to identify the changes arising from maternity in adolescence in the lives of young women.…”

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Teenage maternity: life’s new meaning?

Zanchi

Kerber

Biondi³

et al. 2016

J. Hum. Growth Dev.

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Objective: To identify transformations arising from teen pregnancy from the perspective of young women.Methods: Study of qualitative and descriptive approach with 34 young women of low socio-economic strata that gave birth in the year 2010 as teenagers. The data have been collected through semistructured interviews with questions about life before and after maternity, explored through content analysis. Results:The life of the teenagers before pregnancy is heterogeneous in social, work and schooling aspects. After maternity, the freedom of being is re-confi gured, bringing losses related to the abandonment of studies, to the reduction in social life and to the stigma of teenage maternity; the gains from resignifi cation of lifestyle, the abandonment of illegal and criminal conduct, increased selfconfi dence the reduction of exposure to violence inside the family, accompanied by new responsibilities, from the reconciliation of study and work or the abandonment of one of these activities. Conclusion:Maternity generates a feeling of satisfaction brought about by the experience of being a mother, with a new social identity.

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Adolescent mothers’ perspectives regarding their own psychosocial and health needs: A qualitative exploratory study in Belgium

Cited by 30 publications

References 16 publications

Communication in reproductive health: Intimate topics and challenging conversations

Communication in reproductive health: Intimate topics and challenging conversations

Weaving dreamcatchers: mothering among American Indian women who were teen mothers

Teenage maternity: life’s new meaning?

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