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JOURNAL OF SCHOOL NURSING
Volume 37, Issue 2, Pages 128-138Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/1059840519855372
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teenage; pregnancy; students; gender differentials; South Africa; school nurse
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This study investigated the prevalence of teenage pregnancy and found that it is associated with social influences, self-efficacy, and communication among high school students in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Students who experienced positive social pressure, as well as encouragement from parents or family members, were less likely to have a pregnancy.
A better understanding of the social influences, self-efficacy, and communication with parents, peers, and teachers associated with teenage pregnancy is required owing to the consequences of teenage pregnancy. This article aimed to determine the prevalence of teenage pregnancy and to understand the association between social influences, self-efficacy, and communication about teenage pregnancies, among high school students in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Grade 11 students at 20 randomly selected schools in two districts completed an anonymous questionnaire on sociodemographics, social influences, self-efficacy communication, and teenage pregnancy. Teenage pregnancy was associated with age, being female, and exposure to communication discouraging pregnancy. Students living with both parents, or where family and peers believed that the adolescents should abstain from sex, or who experienced positive social pressure discouraging pregnancy were unlikely to have had a pregnancy. This study identified sociodemographic and sociobehavioral influences associated with teenage pregnancy that can assist school nurses in their work.
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