TY - JOUR
T1 - Challenges associated with teenage motherhood in Ghana
T2 - a qualitative study
AU - Dzotsi, Henrieta Tagoe
AU - Oppong Asante, Kwaku
AU - Osafo, Joseph
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2020/1/2
Y1 - 2020/1/2
N2 - Motherhood can be very challenging and overwhelming whether the individuals involved are teens or adults. Although there is a high prevalence of teenage mothers in urban cities in Ghana, little research has been done on the challenges associated with teen motherhood. This qualitative study was therefore conducted to explore the challenges that teenage mothers experience in Ghana. One-on-one interviews were conducted with 28 purposively selected teenage mothers between the ages of 15 and 19. Through thematic analysis, findings showed that challenges associated with teenage motherhood were strained interpersonal relationships, survival difficulties, educational disruption and steep transition to adulthood. These findings call for supportive programmes and interventions that would help address the contextual challenges of teenage mothers and also step up efforts to decrease the prevalence of teenage pregnancy in Ghana.
AB - Motherhood can be very challenging and overwhelming whether the individuals involved are teens or adults. Although there is a high prevalence of teenage mothers in urban cities in Ghana, little research has been done on the challenges associated with teen motherhood. This qualitative study was therefore conducted to explore the challenges that teenage mothers experience in Ghana. One-on-one interviews were conducted with 28 purposively selected teenage mothers between the ages of 15 and 19. Through thematic analysis, findings showed that challenges associated with teenage motherhood were strained interpersonal relationships, survival difficulties, educational disruption and steep transition to adulthood. These findings call for supportive programmes and interventions that would help address the contextual challenges of teenage mothers and also step up efforts to decrease the prevalence of teenage pregnancy in Ghana.
KW - Ghana
KW - Teenage motherhood
KW - challenges
KW - qualitative
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85078440959&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/17450128.2020.1719251
DO - 10.1080/17450128.2020.1719251
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85078440959
SN - 1745-0128
VL - 15
SP - 85
EP - 96
JO - Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies
JF - Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies
IS - 1
ER -