The role of antenatal services in supporting teenage pregnant girls in Leribe District of Lesotho

Ntjabane, Seema Elliot

dc.contributor.advisor	Habedi, D. S. K.
dc.contributor.advisor	Mgutshini, T.
dc.contributor.author	Ntjabane, Seema Elliot
dc.date.accessioned	2014-05-08T12:40:32Z
dc.date.available	2014-05-08T12:40:32Z
dc.date.issued	2013-08
dc.date.submitted	2014-05-08
dc.identifier.citation	Ntjabane, Seema Elliot (2013) The role of antenatal services in supporting teenage pregnant girls in Leribe District of Lesotho, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/13391>	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10500/13391
dc.description.abstract	A qualitative, descriptive, contextual study design was used to describe the role of antenatal services in supporting teenage pregnant girls in Leribe district of Lesotho. The study population consisted of all teenage pregnant girls between 13-19 years of age. Non-probability convenient sampling technique was used to identify potential participants. Data was collected by means of tape-recorded in-depth individual, semistructured interviews and analysed using Tesch’s descriptive method of qualitative data analysis (Creswell 2009:186). The findings of this study revealed that teenage pregnant girls require comprehensive antenatal services that are sensitive to the needs related to their age. Strategies in which antenatal services can be strengthened to support teenage pregnant girls better were described	en
dc.format.extent	1 online resource (vii, 92 leaves) : illustrations, color maps	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.subject	Antenatal services	en
dc.subject	Teenage girls	en
dc.subject	Pregnancy	en
dc.subject	Qualitative research	en
dc.subject	Semi-structured interviews	en
dc.subject	Themes and sub-themes	en
dc.subject	Literature control	en
dc.subject	Role	en
dc.subject	Support systems	en
dc.subject.ddc	618.200835096885
dc.subject.lcsh	Prenatal care -- Lesotho -- Leribe (District)	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Teenage pregnancy -- Lesotho -- Leriba (District)	en
dc.title	The role of antenatal services in supporting teenage pregnant girls in Leribe District of Lesotho	en
dc.type	Dissertation	en
dc.description.department	Health Studies	en
dc.description.degree	M.A. (Public Health)