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Teenage pregnancy in Nigeria: professional nurses and educators’ perspectives
| Name | World Continuing Education Alliance |
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| Activity Title | Teenage pregnancy in Nigeria: professional nurses and educators’ perspectives |
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| Details | According to Kanku and Mash. Regardless of the various teenage pregnancy prevention strategies and programmes that have been established, teenage pregnancies and birth-rates are still outrageously high. High incidence of teenage pregnancy is a global phenomenon. One of the most important obligations that a country can make in order to ensure a stable future economic, social and political progress is to address the health and developmental needs of its younger citizens. The two communities used in the study were selected based on the previous findings by Edukugbon
Objectives
Course Objective
Teenage pregnancy has been regarded as a negative occurrence in recent times due to its various negative consequences on the overall wellbeing of the teenage mother and her child, the whole family system and the entire community at large. Teenage pregnancy rate is a powerful indicator of the total well-being of a population.. The aim of the study was to explore professional nurses and secondary school teachers’ own perspectives on teenage pregnancy and to ascertain the current teenage pregnancy prevention programmes within the two selected communities in Kwara and Edo states in Nigeria.. The study was qualitative and contextual with an exploratory strategy. A total of 80 participants, who were professional nurses and secondary school teachers, responded to the semi-structured interview and completed a questionnaire on demographic data. Template analysis style was combined with content analysis for data analysis.. Our findings revealed limited teenage pregnancy prevention initiatives... |
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| Competence | Obstetrics and Gynaecology |
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| Start Date | <span class="not-set">(not set)</span> |
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| End Date | <span class="not-set">(not set)</span> |
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| Event Time | 10:45 AM |
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| Location | World Continuing Education Alliance eLearning System |
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| Cost (UGX) | 0 |
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| CPD Points | 1 |
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