Effects of adolescent pregnancy on families in Ng’ombe compound in Lusaka.
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2020
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Jere, Towela Stella
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The University of Zambia
Abstract
This research is on the effects of adolescent pregnancy on families in a named compound. The objectives of the research are: 1. establish the causes of adolescent pregnancy in a named compound: 2. establish the effects on families of the pregnant adolescent in a named compound: 3. establish the efforts being made to reduce on adolescent pregnancies in the named compound. A case study research design supported by qualitative data collection techniques was used. Target population was adolescent girls who had been pregnant before and their family members. The sample size was 16 respondents, broken down as: 5 pregnant adolescents and 11 parents. The sampling procedure used was purposive sampling. In the collection of data, research instruments used were interview guides and focused group discussion guides. In the data analysis thematic analysis was used. This involved: steps 1, the researcher familiarizing herself with the data collected by reading and re-reading the transcripts and listening to the voice recordings. In step 2, generating initial codes, while in step 3 themes and sub themes were created. Step 4 reviewing themes and sub themes, step 5 defining the themes and sub themes and step 6 reporting the findings. The study revealed that causes of adolescent pregnancy include: poverty, admiring marriage, wanting to get married and having children plus lack of beneficial recreation facilities and culture plus refusing to adhere to elderly people‟s advice and following other cultures, peer pressure, and lack of education motivation. The study further showed that the effects of adolescent pregnancy on families included: financial strain, managing extended family, health complications, and lack of education, emotional distress and early marriage. It was also evident that, guidance and counselling, provision of entrepreneurship and other skills training were part of the efforts to reduce adolescent pregnancy. From these findings the researcher would like to recommend the following: 1 that more programs that can help reduce adolescent pregnancies be implemented in low income high density communities. Some of these programs can include the ones already highlighted in the findings such as guidance and counselling, entrepreneurship and skills training and health care counselling. The second recommendation is to implement a program that may involve role models from the community that have finished schools to motivate the girl children to finish school and give benefits of why the girls can delay pregnancy, finish school and thereafter get married.
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Thesis of Master of Science in Counseling.