Experiences and coping strategies of school going breastfeeding adolescents from Katimamulilo and Sesheke secondary schools in Sesheke district, Western province of Zambia.
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description: The estimated rate of teen motherhood in the sub-Saharan region is 40 per cent. In Zambia, 28% of girls and young women aged 15 to 19 years are mothers or have been pregnant before, constituting more than 275,000 teenagers. In 2014, it was estimated that there were 15,000 pregnancies among enrolled girls per year. The re-entry policy was introduced in Zambia in 1997 to give a chance to pregnant girls to continue their education. However, the re-entry policy is insufficient and may not protect adolescent school-going mothers from the challenges of mothering while schooling. The challenges may be due to little or no support from school and family. Financial constraints, discrimination, and stigma may also affect their adaptation and coping strategies, ultimately leading to stress. The study aimed to explore the experiences and coping strategies of School Going Breastfeeding Adolescents from Katima-Mulilo and Sesheke Secondary Schools of Western Province in Zambia. The study used descriptive phenomenology to explore the lived experiences of adolescent breastfeeding school girls and was conducted at Katima-Mulilo and Sesheke Secondary Schools. The study population comprised girls from Sesheke and Katima-Mulilo secondary schools who had re-entered after maternity leave. A purposive sampling technique without maximum variation was used in the study. A total of 16 participants (14 school girls who were breastfeeding and had re-entered school and two teachers) were included in the study. A semi-structured questionnaire guide was used to collect data relevant to the study’s objective. Data was collected using in-depth tape-recorded interviews. The first step in analysing the data collected was to transcribe it from audio to written text, after which it was coded using Microsoft Word mixed with Nvivo version 11. The coded data were then grouped into themes, then compared and grouped under each objective under study. Finally, a spider diagram was used to show how it was naviga…
abstract: The estimated rate of teen motherhood in the sub-Saharan region is 40 per cent. In Zambia, 28% of girls and young women aged 15 to 19 years are mothers or have been pregnant before, constituting more than 275,000 teenagers. In 2014, it was estimated that there were 15,000 pregnancies among enrolled girls per year. The re-entry policy was introduced in Zambia in 1997 to give a chance to pregnant girls to continue their education. However, the re-entry policy is insufficient and may not protect adolescent school-going mothers from the challenges of mothering while schooling. The challenges may be due to little or no support from school and family. Financial constraints, discrimination, and stigma may also affect their adaptation and coping strategies, ultimately leading to stress. The study aimed to explore the experiences and coping strategies of School Going Breastfeeding Adolescents from Katima-Mulilo and Sesheke Secondary Schools of Western Province in Zambia. The study used descriptive phenomenology to explore the lived experiences of adolescent breastfeeding school girls and was conducted at Katima-Mulilo and Sesheke Secondary Schools. The study population comprised girls from Sesheke and Katima-Mulilo secondary schools who had re-entered after maternity leave. A purposive sampling technique without maximum variation was used in the study. A total of 16 participants (14 school girls who were breastfeeding and had re-entered school and two teachers) were included in the study. A semi-structured questionnaire guide was used to collect data relevant to the study’s objective. Data was collected using in-depth tape-recorded interviews. The first step in analysing the data collected was to transcribe it from audio to written text, after which it was coded using Microsoft Word mixed with Nvivo version 11. The coded data were then grouped into themes, then compared and grouped under each objective under study. Finally, a spider diagram was used to show how it was naviga…
author: Mooto, Mutakatala
language: en
date published: 2023
date modified: 2026-07-27T22:07:03Z
provider: University of Zimbabwe
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: The University of Zambia.