This study examined qualitative research on adolescent pregnancy to determine designs
and methods used and to discover emergent themes across studies. Most of the 22 studies …

Background Child maltreatment can have serious effects on development and physical,
social and emotional wellbeing. Any long-lasting relational effects can impede the capacity …

Methods Databases were searched for qualitative studies regarding the experience of
adolescent motherhood (years 1990–2001). Noblit and Hare's (1988) meta-ethnographic …

Aim: Teenage pregnancy has been well studied from a demographic risk perspective, but
less data examining the early interpersonal family experiences of teenage mothers are …

Objectives: To identify antecedents of teen pregnancy. Methods: Data from the National
Education Longitudinal Study were analyzed. This data set allowed us to identify eighth …

Few studies have examined community-based doula care during the childbearing period.
This descriptive study was designed to explore and describe the perceptions of …

PROBLEM: Homeless families headed by young mothers are increasing. This preliminary
study describes the characteristics of 17 homeless teenage mothers (HTM). METHODS …

Objectives: To examine the prevalence and correlates of wanting to become pregnant
among a sample of 462 sexually active nonpregnant African American adolescent females …

The aim of the study was to understand why the dynamic of sexual abuse is perpetuated
across successive generations. A qualitative analysis was conducted on therapy session …

The Voices of Teen Mothers: The Experience of Repeat Pregnan... : MCN: The American
Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing The Voices of Teen Mothers: The Experience of Repeat …