Lived Experiences Of Adolescent Mothers Attending Mbale Regional Referral Hospital: A Phenomenological Study
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2020
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Obstetrics and gynecology international
Abstract
Adolescence is a period of transition from childhood to adulthood and is thus a critical in ones’
development characterized by opportunities and risks. By 2016, 16% of the World’s population was of
adolescents with 82% residing in developing countries. About 12million births are due to 15-19 year olds.
Sub-Saharan Africa particularly East Africa has high adolescent pregnancy rates with ranges as high as
35.8% in Eastern Uganda. Of Uganda’s maternal mortality ratio of 336/100.000 live births, 17.1% were
attributable to adolescents aged 15-19 years. Whereas research is awash with contributing factors to
such pregnancies, little is known about their lived experiences during early motherhood. We therefore set
to study the lived experiences of adolescent mothers attending our hospital.
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Adolescent Mothers
Citation
Chemutai, V., Nteziyaremye, J., & Wandabwa, G. J. (2020). Lived experiences of adolescent mothers attending Mbale Regional Referral Hospital: A phenomenological study. Obstetrics and gynecology international, 2020. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-18237/v1