Teenage pregnancy rates and associations with other health risk behaviours: a three-wave cross-sectional study among South African school-going adolescents
SOURCE: Reproductive Health
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2016
TITLE AUTHOR(S): K.Jonas, R.Crutzen, B.Van den Borne, R.Sewpaul, P.Reddy
KEYWORDS: ADOLESCENTS, HEALTH, RISK BEHAVIOUR, TEENAGE PREGNANCY
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 9218
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/9713
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/9713
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2016
TITLE AUTHOR(S): K.Jonas, R.Crutzen, B.Van den Borne, R.Sewpaul, P.Reddy
KEYWORDS: ADOLESCENTS, HEALTH, RISK BEHAVIOUR, TEENAGE PREGNANCY
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 9218
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/9713
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/9713
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Abstract
Teenage pregnancy still remains high in low and middle-income countries (LMIC), as well as in high-income countries (HIC). It is a major contributor to maternal and child morbidity and mortality rates. Furthermore, it has social consequences, such as perpetuating the cycle of poverty including early school dropout by the pregnant adolescent, especially in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Few studies in SSA have investigated the trends in teenage pregnancy and the associated factors, while this is critical in fully understanding teenage pregnancy and for promotion of reproductive health among adolescents at large in SSA.-
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