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

• Main Author: Ntjabane, Seema Elliot
• Other Authors: Habedi, D. S. K.
• Format: Others
• Language: en
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Antenatal services; Teenage girls; Pregnancy; Qualitative research; Semi-structured interviews; Themes and sub-themes; Literature control; Role; Support systems; 618.200835096885; Prenatal care > Lesotho > Leribe (District); Teenage pregnancy > Lesotho > Leriba (District)
• Online Access: 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>; http://hdl.handle.net/10500/13391

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 === Health Studies === M.A. (Public Health)