Risk Factors for Pregnancies Among Females Age 15 to 19 in Rwanda: A Secondary Data Analysis of the 2014/2015 Rwanda Demographic and Health Survey (RDHS)

Hakizimana, Dieudonne; Logan, Jenae; Wong, Rex

doi:10.5430/jms.v10n2p49

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“…The Rwandan evidence base on adolescents, contraceptive use and services is more extensive, reflecting secondary analyses of Demographic and Health Survey data (Hakizimana et al 2019;Uwizeye et al 2020). A regional comparison of young women's (15-24 years) contraceptive use shows how Rwanda lags significantly behind its neighbours, despite increases in contraceptive use over the last twenty years (Dennis et al 2017).…”

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‘If She’s Pregnant, then that Means that Her Dreams Fade Away’: Exploring Experiences of Adolescent Pregnancy and Motherhood in Rwanda

Coast

Mwali²,

Isimbi³

et al. 2021

Eur J Dev Res

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Adolescent motherhood can alter the future opportunities available to girls and the challenges they face. This article considers how adolescents’ capabilities are influenced by pregnancy and motherhood, using a mixed-methods case study of Rwanda. Adolescent motherhood impacts girls’ lives across multiple capabilities including education, psychosocial well-being, voice and agency, and economic empowerment. Rarely were adolescent mothers in our sample supported to return to school, for instance. Their pregnancy and motherhood were stigmatised by their families, peers, wider community and service providers. The psychosocial consequences of adolescent motherhood are significant, linked to social isolation and multifaceted stressors, including poverty. Despite recent policy and service improvements, adolescent mothers continue to be left behind.

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‘If She’s Pregnant, then that Means that Her Dreams Fade Away’: Exploring Experiences of Adolescent Pregnancy and Motherhood in Rwanda

Coast

Mwali²,

Isimbi³

et al. 2021

Eur J Dev Res

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“…The negative view is further amplified by the adolescents' expression of repercussions of adolescent pregnancy on school attendance as expressed in other studies. Moreover, related research has shown that keeping girl child in school is a way of averting adolescent pregnancy and motherhood [ 20 , 33 , 34 ]. The stigma starts form the girl herself to the school community.…”

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Lived Experiences of Adolescent Mothers Attending Mbale Regional Referral Hospital: A Phenomenological Study

Chemutai

Nteziyaremye

Wandabwa

2020

Obstetrics and Gynecology International

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Background. Adolescence is a period of transition from childhood to adulthood, and is a critical stage in ones’ development. It is characterized by immense opportunities and risks. By 2016, 16% of the world’s population was of adolescents, with 82% residing in developing countries. About 12 million births were in 15–19 year olds. Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly East Africa, has high adolescent pregnancy rates, as high as 35.8% in eastern Uganda. Maternal mortality ratio (MMR) attributable to 15–19 years olds is significant with 17.1% of Uganda’s MMR 336/100.000 live births being in this age group. Whereas research is awash with contributing factors to such pregnancies, little is known about lived experiences during early motherhood. This study reports the lived experiences of adolescent mothers attending Mbale Hospital. Materials and Methods. A phenomenological study design was used in which adolescent mothers that were attending Young Child Clinic were identified from the register and simple random sampling was used to select participants. We called these mothers by way of phone numbers and asked them to come for focus group discussions that were limited to 9 mothers per group and lasting about 45 minutes–1 hour. Ethical approval was sought and informed written consent obtained from participants. At every focus group discussion, the data which had largely been taken in local languages was transcribed and translated verbatim into English. Results. The research revealed that adolescent mothers go through hard times especially with the changes of pregnancy and fear of unknown during intrapartum and immediate postpartum period and are largely treated negatively by family and other community members in addition to experiencing extreme hardships during parenting. However, these early mothers’ stress is alleviated by the joy of seeing their own babies. Conclusion. Adolescent motherhood presents a high risk group and efforts to support them during antenatal care with special adolescent ANC clinics and continuous counseling together with their household should be emphasized to optimize outcome not only during pregnancy but also thereafter. Involving these mothers in technical courses to equip them with skills that can foster self-employment and providing support to enable them pursue further education should be explored.

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“…This nding further agrees with a study in South Africa that shows that generally African cultures disapprove of adolescent pregnancies [30].The negative view is further ampli ed by the adolescents' expression of repercussions of adolescent pregnancy on school attendance as expressed in other studies. Moreover related research has shown that keeping girl child in school is a way of averting adolescent pregnancy and motherhood [19,31,32]. The stigma starts form the girl herself to the school community.…”

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confidence: 99%

Lived Experiences Of Adolescent Mothers Attending Mbale Regional Referral Hospital: A Phenomenological Study

Violet

Nteziyaremye

Julius

2020

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Introduction Adolescence is a period of transition from childhood to adulthood and is thus a critical in ones’ development characterized by opportunities and risks. By 2016, 16% of the World’s population was of adolescents with 82% residing in developing countries. About 12million births are due to 15-19 year olds. Sub-Saharan Africa particularly East Africa has high adolescent pregnancy rates with ranges as high as 35.8% in Eastern Uganda. Of Uganda’s maternal mortality ratio of 336/100.000 live births, 17.1% were attributable to adolescents aged 15-19 years. Whereas research is awash with contributing factors to such pregnancies, little is known about their lived experiences during early motherhood. We therefore set to study the lived experiences of adolescent mothers attending our hospital. Methods A phenomenological study design was used in which adolescent mothers that were attending Young child clinic were identified from the register and simple random sampling used to select participants. We called these mothers by way of phone numbers and asked them to come for Focus group discussions that were limited to 9 mothers per group and lasting about 45minutes – 1hour. Ethical approval was sought for this study and mothers were consented prior to taking part. At every focus group discussion the data which had largely been taken in local languages was transcribed and translated verbatim into English. Results The research revealed that adolescent mothers go through hard times especially with the changes of pregnancy, fear of unknown during intrapartum and immediate postpartum period and largely treated negatively by parents, community members and their colleagues. They experience extreme hardships in parenting. However these early mothers’ stress is alleviated by the joy of seeing their own babies. Conclusion Adolescent mothers present a high risk mother group and efforts to support them during Antenatal care with special adolescent ANC clinics and continuous counseling together with their household should be emphasized to optimize outcome not only during pregnancy but also thereafter. Parents should endeavor to provide for the girl child. Skilling of such mothers and optimizing avenues to pursue education should be explored.

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Risk Factors for Pregnancies Among Females Age 15 to 19 in Rwanda: A Secondary Data Analysis of the 2014/2015 Rwanda Demographic and Health Survey (RDHS)

Cited by 4 publications

References 29 publications

‘If She’s Pregnant, then that Means that Her Dreams Fade Away’: Exploring Experiences of Adolescent Pregnancy and Motherhood in Rwanda

‘If She’s Pregnant, then that Means that Her Dreams Fade Away’: Exploring Experiences of Adolescent Pregnancy and Motherhood in Rwanda

Lived Experiences of Adolescent Mothers Attending Mbale Regional Referral Hospital: A Phenomenological Study

Lived Experiences Of Adolescent Mothers Attending Mbale Regional Referral Hospital: A Phenomenological Study

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