Teenage Pregnancy and Its Associated Factors among School Adolescents of Arba Minch Town, Southern Ethiopia

Mathewos, Samuel; Mekuria, Aleme

doi:10.4314/ejhs.v28i3.6

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“…Although, uneducated parents do not readily advice their children of the risk factor of teenage pregnancy; hence, making teenage pregnancy a common phenomenon among parents with no formal education when compared to parents with formal education who are readily knowledgeable on strategies to help teenagers to execute and coordinate their experience as well as helps students to be conscious of the risk associated with teenage pregnancy. This nding is consistent with studies conducted by [21,22,23] who did not nd any signi cant association between family educational characteristics and the experience of teenage pregnancy while on the contrary the study conducted by Naziru, [24] and Philemon, [25] found signi cant association.…”

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Socio-economic Variable of Parents as a Correlate Promoting Teenage Pregnancy Among Medical Students in Delta State University, Abraka

Chukwuebuka¹,

Irikefe²,

Daubry³

et al. 2020

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Purpose: The incidence of teenage pregnancy has attracted global concern due to its impact on the teen’s maternal health, the overall wellbeing of the child and the society at large. This study examined socio-economic variable of parents as a correlate promoting teenage pregnancy among medical students in Delta State University, Abraka Delta State. Methods: The Ex-Post Facto method was chosen as the research design for the study. 294 female medical students were selected from a total of 982 students from the medical college using simple random sampling technique. The instruments used for data collection was a self-structured and well-designed questionnaire containing 25 multiple choice items based on the research questions developed in the study. 278 questionnaires were successful retrieved from the field and was used for data analysis. Frequency count, percentages, mean score and Pearson product moment correlation were employed as the statistical technique for data analysis. SPSS version 21.0 was utilized for data analysis. Results: Findings from this study revealed that parental income (p=0.003) and occupation (p=0.005) were the viable parents’ socio-economic variable promoting teenage pregnancy among medical students in Delta State University, Abraka when compared to educational background (p=0.343), religion (p=0.307) and marital status (p=0.053) variables that were not significantly related. Conclusions: It appears that significant number of adolescent female students who become pregnant has to leave school and this have a long-term implication for them as individual, their family and their community. Therefore, effective parent-daughter relationships and school-based reproductive health education programmes are strongly recommended.

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“…These ndings corroborate those of Meddinus and Johnson, [30] who identi ed poor parental supervision as a result of broken homes and inadequate or absence of contraceptives responsible for the occurrence of teenage pregnancy. On the contrary, studies by Mathewos and Mekuria, [21]; Ayele et al, [22]; Envuladu et al, [23];…”

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Socio-economic Variable of Parents as a Correlate Promoting Teenage Pregnancy Among Medical Students in Delta State University, Abraka

Chukwuebuka¹,

Irikefe²,

Daubry³

et al. 2020

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“…Twenty-four African countries were represented in this review. From all, 18 (34.6%) of the studies were from West Africa [ 17 , 19 , 20 , 22 , 33 , 35 – 37 , 39 , 48 , 51 – 54 , 58 , 59 , 67 , 68 ], 19 (36.5%) were from East African countries [ 12 , 13 , 15 , 16 , 18 , 21 , 23 , 24 , 29 , 30 , 32 , 38 , 40 , 42 , 44 – 46 , 69 , 70 ], 7 (13.5%) from Central Africa [ 25 , 47 , 49 , 50 , 56 , 57 , 71 ], 6 (11.5%) from Southern Africa [ 31 , 34 , 43 , 67 , 72 , 73 ] and 2 (3.8%) were from only one Northern African country (Egypt) [ 41 , 55 ]. Almost all, 50 of the included studies were from Sub-Saharan African countries.…”

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“…Forty one (78.8%) of the included studies were cross-sectional studies [ 12 , 15 – 25 , 29 – 46 , 54 , 57 – 59 , 67 – 70 , 72 , 73 ], of which 18 studies were most recent DHS survey reports [ 29 – 46 ]. Ten (22.7%) were retrospective studies [ 47 – 53 , 55 , 56 , 71 ] and one study [ 13 ] was case-control.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…There is also the absence of the distribution of the problem in different geopolitical and administrative areas. Additionally, the available studies which assessed the factors associated with adolescent pregnancy in Africa showed inconsistent findings [ 12 – 25 ]. Therefore, this review used the evidence of these studies and summarized the pooled estimates using a meta-analysis.…”

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Prevalence and determinants of adolescent pregnancy in Africa: a systematic review and Meta-analysis

Kassa¹,

Arowojolu²,

Odukogbe³

et al. 2018

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BackgroundAdolescence is the period between 10 and 19 years with peculiar physical, social, psychological and reproductive health characteristics. Rates of adolescent pregnancy are increasing in developing countries, with higher occurrences of adverse maternal and perinatal outcomes. The few studies conducted on adolescent pregnancy in Africa present inconsistent and inconclusive findings on the distribution of the problems. Also, there was no meta-analysis study conducted in this area in Africa. Therefore, this systematic review and meta-analysis were conducted to estimate the prevalence and sociodemographic determinant factors of adolescent pregnancy using the available published and unpublished studies carried out in African countries. Also, subgroup analysis was conducted by different demographic, geopolitical and administrative regions.MethodsThis study used a systematic review and meta-analysis of published and unpublished studies in Africa. Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guideline was strictly followed. All studies in MEDLINE, PubMed, Cochrane Library, EMBASE, Google Scholar, CINAHL, and African Journals Online databases were searched using relevant search terms. Data were extracted using the Joanna Briggs Institute tool for prevalence studies. STATA 14 software was used to perform the meta-analysis. The heterogeneity and publication bias was assessed using the I2 statistics and Egger’s test, respectively. Forest plots were used to present the pooled prevalence and odds ratio (OR) with 95% confidence interval (CI) of meta-analysis using the random effect model.ResultThis review included 52 studies, 254,350 study participants. A total of 24 countries from East, West, Central, North and Southern African sub-regions were included. The overall pooled prevalence of adolescent pregnancy in Africa was 18.8% (95%CI: 16.7, 20.9) and 19.3% (95%CI, 16.9, 21.6) in the Sub-Saharan African region. The prevalence was highest in East Africa (21.5%) and lowest in Northern Africa (9.2%). Factors associated with adolescent pregnancy include rural residence (OR: 2.04), ever married (OR: 20.67), not attending school (OR: 2.49), no maternal education (OR: 1.88), no father’s education (OR: 1.65), and lack of parent to adolescent communication on sexual and reproductive health (SRH) issues (OR: 2.88).ConclusionsOverall, nearly one-fifth of adolescents become pregnant in Africa. Several sociodemographic factors like residence, marital status, educational status of adolescents, their mother’s and father’s, and parent to adolescent SRH communication were associated with adolescent pregnancy. Interventions that target these factors are important in reducing adolescent pregnancy.

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Adolescent pregnant women's perception of health practices: A qualitative study

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Aim To explore adolescent pregnant women's perception of health practices. Design A qualitative study. Method Fifteen pregnant women in Tehran (capital of Iran) were selected based on purposive sampling to participate in semi‐structured, in‐depth interviews. The content of interviews was recorded and transcribed and then analysed using conventional content analysis. Results The first theme extracted was health practice with main categories of balanced rest/activity pattern, observance of an appropriate diet, sensitivity to personal health, observance of an appropriate pattern of social interactions, religious and spiritual orientations, recreational and leisure time activities, and stress management; second theme was perceived benefits with main categories of a sense of physical health improvement, a sense of mental health improvement, positive attitudes towards the effect of nutrition on pregnancy and childbirth health; and third theme was effective factors with main categories of facilitators of health practices and inhibitors of health practices. Conclusions Most pregnant adolescents' perception of health practices is at a satisfactory level; however, some inhibitors of health practice were explored in this study. These should be improved by adopting appropriate approaches in health policies. No Patient or Public Contribution.

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Teenage Pregnancy and Its Associated Factors among School Adolescents of Arba Minch Town, Southern Ethiopia

Cited by 53 publications

References 11 publications

Socio-economic Variable of Parents as a Correlate Promoting Teenage Pregnancy Among Medical Students in Delta State University, Abraka

Socio-economic Variable of Parents as a Correlate Promoting Teenage Pregnancy Among Medical Students in Delta State University, Abraka

Prevalence and determinants of adolescent pregnancy in Africa: a systematic review and Meta-analysis

Adolescent pregnant women's perception of health practices: A qualitative study

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