SOCIAL CAPITAL AND ADOLESCENT GIRLS' RESILIENCE TO TEENAGE PREGNANCY IN BEGORO, GHANA
| Autor: | Dan-Bright S. Dzorgbo, Clara K. Fayorsey, Collins K. Ahorlu, Sylvia Esther Gyan |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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050103 clinical psychology Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Adolescent media_common.quotation_subject Sexual Behavior Qualitative property Health knowledge Ghana 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Pregnancy Surveys and Questionnaires medicine Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences 030212 general & internal medicine Socioeconomics media_common Teenage pregnancy 05 social sciences Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health General Social Sciences Resilience Psychological medicine.disease Socioeconomic Factors Adolescent Behavior Pregnancy in Adolescence Social Capital Cluster sampling Female Psychological resilience Psychology Social capital |
| Zdroj: | Journal of biosocial science. 49(3) |
| ISSN: | 1469-7599 |
| Popis: | SummaryThis study focuses on how older adolescent girls access and utilize social capital to develop resilience against teenage pregnancy in Begoro, Ghana. A survey of 419 non-pregnant girls aged 15–19 years, selected using a multi-stage cluster sampling technique, was conducted in 2012. Qualitative data were gathered through in-depth interviews with ten girls purposively selected from the survey respondents. Parents, relatives, teachers and religious groups were found to be important sources of social capital for the non-pregnant girls in developing resilience against teenage pregnancy. In addition, resilient girls tended to rely on multiple sources of social capital. It is recommended that stakeholders and policymakers in Ghana ensure that these significant sources of social capital in adolescent girls’ sexual experience are equipped with the right information to help girls decrease the risk of teenage pregnancy. |
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