Working With Teenage Mothers: The Prevention Pathway

Brophy, Holly Elisabeth; Honig, Alice Sterling

doi:10.1080/02673843.1995.9747769

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“…Working with adolescents can be both extensively frustrating and also rewarding (Brophy & Honig 1995) and is a challenge for nurses. However, nurses have an important educative role, especially in health promotion.…”

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“…In addition, their cognitive immaturity may result in a self‐centredness that prevents the teenagers from placing their infants’ needs ahead of their own (Mercer 1980, Culp et al . 1991, Brophy & Honig 1995). This raises concern about the ability of teenage parents to provide good parenting and, although there is an association between teenage parenting and child abuse, the evidence is inconclusive (Massat 1995).…”

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Negotiating motherhood: the struggles of teenage mothers

Hanna

2001

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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It was concluded that becoming a sole-supporting mother during the teenage years was a difficult struggle for the young women, because of their youth, their lack of preparation for motherhood and their reliance on welfare supports. In addition, they experienced negative public attitudes directed towards them wherever they went, and this included their visits to community child health centres. Recommendations are made for nurses to take a different approach when working with teenage mothers to help ameliorate the negative impact of poor parenting.

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Negotiating motherhood: the struggles of teenage mothers

Hanna

2001

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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“…A further eleven were excluded because the control group did not meet the inclusion criteria (i.e. it was not a waiting‐list, no‐treatment or treatment‐as‐usual/normal service provision group) (Badger 1981; Field 1982; Brophy 1997; Black 2001; Letourneau 2001a; Stevens‐Simon 2001; Mazza 2002; Nguyen 2003; Logsdon 2005; Fagan 2008; Walkup 2009). We excluded six studies because they had a home visiting component (Aracena 2009; Barnet 2009; Field 1980; Donovan 1994; Koniak‐Griffin 1999; Wagner 1999).…”

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Individual and Group Based Parenting for Improving Psychosocial Outcomes for Teenage Parents and Their Children

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Adolescent parents face a range of problems. They are often from very deprived backgrounds; they can experience a range of mental health problems and a lack of social support; they often lack knowledge about child development and effective parenting skills, and they have developmental needs of their own. Possibly for these reasons, the children of teenage parents often have poor outcomes. A range of interventions are being used to promote the well‐being of teenage parents and their children. Parenting programmes have been found to be effective in improving psychosocial health in parents more generally (including reducing anxiety and depression, and improving self‐esteem), alongside a range of developmental outcomes for children. This review therefore investigated the impact of parenting programmes aimed specifically at teenage parents on outcomes for both them and their children. The findings are based on eight studies measuring a variety of outcomes, using a range of standardised measures. It was possible to combine results (meta‐analysis) for nine comparisons. Results from four of these meta‐analyses suggest that parenting programmes may be effective in improving parent responsiveness to the child, and parent child interaction, both post‐intervention and at follow‐up. Infant responsiveness to the mother also showed improvement at follow‐up. The results of the other five meta‐analyses we carried out were inconclusive. Further rigorous research is needed that provides both short‐ and long‐term follow‐up of the children of teenage parents, and that assesses the benefits of parenting programmes for young fathers as well as young mothers. Abstract BackgroundParenting programmes are a potentially important means of supporting teenage parents and improving outcomes for their children, and parenting support is a priority across most Western countries. This review updates the previous version published in 2001. ObjectivesTo examine the effectiveness of parenting programmes in improving psychosocial outcomes for teenage parents and developmental outcomes in their children. Search strategyWe searched to find new studies for this updated review in January 2008 and May 2010 in CENTRAL, MEDLINE, EMBASE, ASSIA, CINAHL, DARE, ERIC, PsyclNFO, Sociological Abstracts and Social Science Citation Index. The National Research Register (NRR) was last searched in May 2005 and UK Clinical Research Network Portfolio Database in May 2010. Selection criteriaRandomised controlled trials assessing short‐term parenting interventions aimed specifically at teenage parents and a control group (no‐treatment, waiting list or treatment‐as‐usual). Data collection and analysisWe assessed the risk of bias in each study. We standardised the treatment effect for each outcome in each study by dividing the mean difference in post‐intervention scores between the intervention and control groups by the pooled standard deviation. Main resultsWe included eight studies with 513 participants, providing a total of 47 comparisons of outcome between intervention a...

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“…Although numerous resilient adolescent mothers are currently enrolled in schools throughout our nation, and school programs are in place to help educate, motivate, promote “staying in school,” and develop career goals. (Aber, et al, 1995; Allen, Kuperminc, Philliber, et al, 1994; Brophy, & Honig, 1995; Butler, et al, 1993; Kiselica, & Sturmer, 1993; Rhodes, 1993; Robinson, 1991; Weisberg, Caplan, & Harwood, 1991) There are no studies to date concerning their resiliency. Many questions need to be asked: What are the characteristics of those who are able to cope and succeed after bearing a child in adolescence?…”

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