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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Adolescent Women"”.
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Partner-specific abstinence state change in adolescent women
… In this longitudinal study of 365 young women, the influence of relationship quality, motivations for coitus, sexual relationship satisfaction, sexual self-efficacy, sexual conservatism, and religiosity were evaluated in a static model using cross-sectional data from enrollment and in a …
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Determinants of postnatal care service utilization among adolescent Women(15-19) in Zambia: An analysis of the 2013/14 Zambia Demographic Health Survey(ZDHS)
Background: Globally, about 287,000 women die from causes related to pregnancy and childbirth and 162,000 of these are in Sub-Saharan Africa. 16 million adolescent women (aged 15–19) give birth every year around the world and about 95% of these births are concentrated in middle and low income …
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Determinants of postnatal care service utilization among adolescent Women(15-19) in Zambia: An analysis of the 2013/14 Zambia Demographic Health Survey(ZDHS)
Background: Globally, about 287,000 women die from causes related to pregnancy and childbirth and 162,000 of these are in Sub-Saharan Africa. 16 million adolescent women (aged 15–19) give birth every year around the world and about 95% of these births are concentrated in middle and low income …
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Engagement and understanding: pregnant adolescents and health information in Freedom Park
Adolescent and young adult pregnancy is a major sexual health issue for vulnerable young women in South Africa. Beginning by examining the origins of adolescent pregnancy in South Africa, this paper then proceeds to examine the various sources of health information accessible to adolescent women, …
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The Journal of Elizabeth Maxwell Alsop Wynne, 1862-1878
The experiences of Southern women during the American Civil War are often represented through the publication of their journals, diaries, and memoirs. This project consists of the transcription and annotation of the journal of Elizabeth (“Lizzie”) Maxwell Alsop Wynne, written from March 4, 1862, …
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La relación entre la autocompasión y la imagen corporal en mujeres jóvenes y adolescentes
The vast majority of women define their value based on their body image. That is because society places great importance on beauty, physical appearance and thinness. The present study seeks to describe the relationship between self-compassion and body image in young and adolescent women. An applied …
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Psychological characteristics related to bulimia in early and late adolescent females
… has focused on characteristics of college-aged women, with those findings forming a basis for treatment planning with younger, adolescent women. While research in recent years has begun to examine those characteristics specifically related to bulimia in adolescence, there has been a relative …
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Growing up or growing down: Pakeha women's memories of adolescence
This study investigated the processes by which women construct their “selves” using the memories of adolescent experiences of five Pakeha women who went to school together in the 1960’s. The study used memory-work, an approach which engages a group of co-researchers in writing and analysing …
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Adolescent Perceptions of Parent-Adolescent Communication and Adolescent Pregnancy
Identification of adolescent perceptions of parent-adolescent communication, a significant factor in family functioning and connectedness, is important if effective interventions are to be provided by health care professionals related to decreasing the number as well as the adverse effects of …
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Maternal Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae Infections and the Outcome of Preterm Birth: The Impact of Early Detection
… the likelihood of preterm birth among pregnant women in an urban county. </p><p>A retrospective cohort study was conducted in Hamilton County, Ohio (2006-2011) to evaluate the risk of preterm birth among women whose infections were detected and eradicated at or before 20 weeks gestation …
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Parental Communications and Young Women's Struggle for Sexual Agency
This qualitative study examined how 14 young women's sexual desire and agency was influenced by the messages communicated from their parents and the quality of the parent-child relationship. Previous research results were supported, such as: parents do not communicate about sex frequently, or only …