Examining the challenges faced by teenage pregnant • mothers in Walukuba Sub County, Jinja District, Eastern Uganda
| dc.contributor.author | Wamachali, Eddah | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-11-25T09:29:34Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-11-25T09:29:34Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015-05 | |
| dc.description | A dissertation presented to the college of humanities and social sciences in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of Bachelor’s Degree of Social Work and Social Administration of Kampala International University | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | This study targeted at establishing the prevalence of teenage pregnancy in primary schools and tries to find out which factors and processes predicting the occurrence of teenage pregnancy. Most literature focuses on social factors, which predispose adolescents to falling pregnant. Pregnancy may cause psychological distress, as it is often associated with dropping out of school, either before or shortly after childbirth. Adolescent mothers are more likely to present with symptoms of depression when compared with their non-parenting peers and older mothers. The transition to motherhood puts adolescents at a greater risk for psychological distress because they are socially, cognitively and emotionally immature to cope with the demands of motherhood. The current study examined the factors responsible for the prevalence of teenage pregnancy in primary schools, experiences of pregnant learners, both in a scholastic and personal context. It assessed how these learners are affected by the demands of coexisting motherhood and adolescence. There appears to be little research done on how Uganda pregnant adolescent learners perceive their situation and how they cope with the demands of adolescence and of motherhood. The results drawn from the study will form a basis for further research on the psychological effects of pregnancy during adolescence and may also be of value to designing intervention strategies. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12306/4517 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Kampala International University, College of Humanities and social sciences. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Teenage pregnant | en_US |
| dc.subject | Mothers | en_US |
| dc.subject | Jinja District | en_US |
| dc.subject | Eastern Uganda | en_US |
| dc.title | Examining the challenges faced by teenage pregnant • mothers in Walukuba Sub County, Jinja District, Eastern Uganda | en_US |
| dc.type | Other | en_US |