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Unmet social needs and teenage pregnancy in Ogbomosho, South-western Nigeria
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BACKGROUND: Consistent high teenage pregnancy rates in South-western Nigeria are characteristically underpinned by the unmet social needs of the teenagers. OBJECTIVE: To elicit intergenerational views on the influence of unmet social needs on teenage pregnancy. METHODS: Through a descriptive and cross-sectional design, a total of 174 respondents who were either pregnant teenagers, teenage mothers during the survey or had been pregnant as teenagers, were interviewed, using questionnaire supplemented with 12 key informant interviews. RESULTS: With the mean age of 16.5 years, and educational status range of between primary and below (25.8%) and tertiary (9.8%) levels, only 39.7% respondents were married, about half (47.7%) remained single while others were separated (12.6%). Less than half (44.9%) of the respondents were engaged in occupational activities. The unmet material and financial supports expected from parents (43.1%), the lack of free education from government up till secondary school level (51.2%), the lack of sex education and knowledge needs for signs of maturity (53.4%) and discouragement from friends not to have boyfriend (66.1%) prone teenagers to unplanned pregnancy. CONCLUSION: Promotion of sexual education and parental care is encouraged as strategy against unplanned pregnancy among teenagers.
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- Authors
- Salami, K., Ayegboyin, M., & Adedeji, I.
- Affiliations
- University of Ibadan (NG)
- Venue
- African Health Sciences
- Publisher
- African Journals Online (AJOL)
- Published
- 2015-01-16
- Volume
- 14
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 959
- ISSN
- 1680-6905 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC4370078
- OpenAlex
- W1543484572
- Cited by
- 23
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 2 · 2015: 1
- FWCI
- 2.44
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- diamond
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by
- Locations
- African Health Sciences (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Bioline International (Bioline International) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Reproductive Health and Contraception
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Adolescent Health and Behaviors
- Keywords
- adolescent pregnancy, unmet social needs, unintended pregnancy, sex education, parental support, intergenerational perspective, adolescent mothers, adolescent sexual health
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Child, Cross-Sectional Studies, Female, Health Services Needs and Demand, Humans, Interviews as Topic, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Male, Nigeria, Pregnancy, Pregnancy in Adolescence, Surveys and Questionnaires, Schools, Sexual Behavior, Sex Education, Social Support, Socioeconomic Factors, Young Adult
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