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Healthcare workers’ beliefs, motivations and behaviours affecting adequate provision of sexual and reproductive healthcare services to adolescents in Cape Town, South Africa: a qualitative study
(BioMed Central, 2018)
BACKGROUND: Adolescents’ sexual and reproductive healthcare (SRH) needs have been prioritized globally, and they
have the rights to access and utilize SRH services for their needs. However, adolescents under-utilize SRH ...
Teenage pregnancy rates and associations with other health risk behaviours: a threewave cross-sectional study among South African school-going adolescents
(BioMed Central, 2016)
BACKGROUND: Teenage pregnancy still remains high in low and middle-income countries (LMIC), as well as in highincome
countries (HIC). It is a major contributor to maternal and child morbidity and mortality rates. Furthermore, ...
Predictors of nurses’ and midwives’ intentions to provide maternal and child healthcare services to adolescents in South Africa
(BioMed Central, 2016)
BACKGROUND: Adolescent mothers are at a much higher risk for maternal mortality compared to mothers aged
20 years and above. Newborns born to adolescent mothers are also more likely to have low birth weight, with the
risk ...
Predictors of nurses’ and midwives’ intentions to provide maternal and child healthcare services to adolescents in South Africa
(Biomed Central, 2016)
BACKGROUND: Adolescent mothers are at a much higher risk for maternal mortality compared to mothers aged
20 years and above. Newborns born to adolescent mothers are also more likely to have low birth weight, with the
risk ...