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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Early motherhood"”.
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Exploring the mental health experiences of young mothers affected by HIV in South Africa
… including those at risk of HIV exposure and early pregnancy, remains understudied. This study contributed to this research gap by exploring the mental health experiences of young mothers affected by HIV in South Africa. Seventeen semi-structured interviews were conducted with 18-24-year-old …
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Medicalised maternity : an investigation into women's experiences of medicalised childbirth
… discourses surrounding pregnancy, childbirth and motherhood, with specific reference to the medical discourse, and to describe the way in which these impact on the women's experiences. The non-probability, convenience sample used in the study comprised women attending an antenatal class held at a …
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Wronged Women: A Foray into the Wronged Woman's Mind
… lives: middle and high school, graduate school, early motherhood, and middle motherhood. </p>
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The meaning of motherhood: adolescent childbearing and its significance for poor Dominican Haitian women
… the experience of becoming a mother at an early age. The dominant discourse on adolescent motherhood frames the phenomenon as problematic. Adolescent motherhood is typically associated with poor economic and educational outcomes, despite flaws in research used to support this point. Little …
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Traveling a hard road: pathways to womanhood among generations of poor females of Haitian descent living in the Dominican Republic
… advocate for delayed first pregnancy and motherhood until after the age of 20 (Barinas & Flores Chang, 2011). This advocacy contrasts starkly with the pathways to womanhood/an adult identity via marriage and motherhood among females of Haitian descent—marginalized women who live in …
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Essays on health and education in development economics
… of effects of teenage pregnancy on education and early labor force participation of urban South African women. In chapter 3, I exploit a nation wide reform that eliminated school fees in Ethiopia to examine the effects of maternal education on child health. The two chapters are linked by the …
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The associations of cash transfers and childcare for the development of children born to adolescent and young mothers in South Africa
Exposure to adversities strongly predicts early childbearing among adolescent girls and young women. Early motherhood is associated with negative effects on their children's developmental outcomes, but the factors contributing to the well-being of children born to adolescent mothers remain …
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An educational programme for fascilitating adolescent motherhood in Oshana region, Namibia.
Adolescent motherhood is presented in the literature as today’s challenge both nationally and internationally. The World Health Organization (2007) also indicated the encountered problem on adolescent motherhood world-wide. Many countries documented the vicious sequence of early motherhood such as …
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The impact of midwife moderated social media based communities on pregnant women and new mothers
… of information and support. During pregnancy and early motherhood, women need information and support from health professionals, other pregnant women and mothers. Whilst women have access to overwhelming amounts of information they may not have contact with, or support from, other pregnant women …
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'Following the Line': An ethnographic study of the influence of routine baby weighing on breastfeeding women in a town in the Northwest of England
… the rite of passage through the liminal time of early motherhood. Building on the observation of this ritual experience, it is suggested that the experience of breastfeeding is 'even more liminal', as our society treats formula feeding routines and growth as the implied norm for infants. Weight …
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Cognitive processes involved in the onset and course of postnatal distress from the antenatal period to six months postpartum: New findings, and implications for future research
… both before, and after, the experience of motherhood to understand better the process by which women become depressed, has not yet been attempted (Boyce & Mason, 1996). This study therefore investigates the role of cognition in new primiparous mothers longitudinally, in an attempt to …
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The Construction of Self-identity and Positive Behavioural Change in Pregnant and Parenting Young Women
… of how becoming a mother in adolescence and early adulthood is related to processes of identity development and behavioural change. Participants were 27 pregnant and parenting young women (ages 16 to 22) recruited from youth-serving agencies in Toronto, Ontario. Participants completed a …