Community member perceptions of influences on teenage pregnancies

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dc.date.accessioned 2022-08-17T15:41:40Z
dc.date.available 2022-08-17T15:41:40Z
dc.date.issued 2016-10-19 en
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/9939
dc.description.abstract This exploratory qualitative study aimed to provide insight into the factors contributing to the high prevalence rate of teenage pregnancy in South African communities. Focus group were conducted with 193 community members (females = 44.6%; adults = 50.8%, teenagers/youth = 44.0%) and followed by thematic content analysis to interpret the data. Several overarching themes regarding the increasingly common occurrence of teenage pregnancy emerged from the data. These included: the increased acceptability of teenage pregnancy to families and communities for economic and material gain; the influence of social pressure; and the lack of sexual knowledge and provision of sex education. Community members perceived teenage pregnancy as an increasingly common occurrence in their communities. Community members perceived teenage pregnancy to be driven by multiple factors and to require holistic interventions at the individual, family and community level. en
dc.format.medium Print en
dc.subject TEENAGE PREGNANCY en
dc.subject SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR en
dc.subject HIV/AIDS en
dc.title Community member perceptions of influences on teenage pregnancies en
dc.type Journal Article en
dc.description.version Y en
dc.ProjectNumber N/A en
dc.Volume 26(5) en
dc.BudgetYear 2016/17 en
dc.ResearchGroup HIV/AIDS, STIs and TB en
dc.SourceTitle Journal of Psychology in Africa en
dc.ArchiveNumber 9304 en
dc.PageNumber 419-427 en
dc.outputnumber 8132 en
dc.bibliographictitle Phaswana-Mafuya, N., Tabane, C. & Davids, A. (2016) Community member perceptions of influences on teenage pregnancies. Journal of Psychology in Africa. 26(5):419-427. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/9939 en
dc.publicationyear 2016 en
dc.contributor.author1 Phaswana-Mafuya, N. en
dc.contributor.author2 Tabane, C. en
dc.contributor.author3 Davids, A. en


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