Adolescent Mothers’ Experiences With Community Health Assistants in Rural Zambia
Rattachement africain : us, Zambie. Niveau de preuve : code pays fourni par la source.
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Adolescent health demands specific attention because adolescents have the lowest levels of health-care coverage of any age-group globally. The main objective as addressed in this article was to explore the lived experience of adolescent mothers and the services provided to them by community health assistants (CHAs) in rural Zambia. Because the number of adolescent mothers in rural Zambia is so high, it is even more critical to describe the lived experiences of health care among these young women with particular emphasis on primary health care as delivered by CHAs in rural Zambia. We used a mixed-methods design to address our research questions. Data were collected from nine focus groups, which were conducted with young mothers from four provinces and 10 districts ( n = 60). To support our effort to better understand the delivery of maternal and child health care in rural Zambia, key informant interviews were conducted with adolescent mothers ( n = 12). We also conducted surveys ( n = 44) and one-on-one interviews ( n = 22) with CHAs. To the best of our knowledge, this is the largest study focused on the intersection of adolescents, maternal child health, and CHA delivery of care in Zambia. The results of our study suggest opportunities for change to operational practices within the rural health-care setting and the need to develop structured and age-appropriate services that focus on adolescents. This work addresses the gap in research for adolescents in health care in rural Zambia and brings attention to the unique health-care needs of adolescent mothers within the rural health-care setting.
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- Titre Crossref
- Adolescent Mothers’ Experiences With Community Health Assistants in Rural Zambia
- Date Crossref
- 26/12/2019
- Éditeur
- SAGE Publications
- Type
- journal-article
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Keene State College pays non établi dans la noticeUniversité ou école supérieure
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University of Zambia Zambie (code pays fourni par la source)Université ou école supérieure
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Florida State University Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies pays non établi dans la noticeUniversité ou école supérieure
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Knowledge Systems Institute pays non établi dans la noticeUniversité ou école supérieure
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Cheshire Medical Center Center for Population Health pays non établi dans la noticeÉtablissement de santé
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School of Science Department of Public Health pays non établi dans la noticeUniversité ou école supérieure
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School of Public Health Lusaka, Zambie (pays nommé en fin d’affiliation)Université ou école supérieure
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School of Medicine Department of Public Health Lusaka, Zambie (pays nommé en fin d’affiliation)Université ou école supérieure
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Learning Systems Institute pays non établi dans la noticeStructure de recherche
Keene State College, University of Zambia (Zambie) et Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies — Florida State University, avec 6 autres affiliations. Pays d’affiliation : Zambie.
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