Resilience Levels Among Perinatal Teenage Girls Accessing Services in Selected Maternal Child


Authors : Lunar Odawa; Dr. Stella Nyagwencha; Dr. Michael Kihara

Volume/Issue : Volume 9 - 2024, Issue 1 - January

Google Scholar : http://tinyurl.com/54cfdzh8

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DOI : https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10538928

Abstract : Background Resilience is considered to be a protective factor for mental wellbeing for all ages. Perinatal teenage mothers experience a myriad of challenges that affect their mental health, resilience can help them managee, adjust and thrive despite the challenges of early pregnancy and therefore protect them from common mental disorders like depression and anxiety. This study was conducted to examine the levels of resilience among perinatal teenage girls between age 10-19 years who were accessing maternal child health (MCH) services during pregnancy and one year post delivery. Non-probability purposive sampling technique was used to identify four health care facilities offering MCH services where the participants were selected purposively. A brief resilience scale (BRS) questionnaire was used to collect data from a sample population of 175 perinatal teenage mothers alongside a Socio-demographic questionnaire. Data analysis was done using Statistical Package for Social Sciences SPSS (SPSS®) Version 28. Results from the study indicated that majority (97.2%) of the respondents had low to normal resilience levels;45.1% had low levels of resilience, 52% had normal resilience levels and 2.9%. had high resilience levels. Conclusion: Majority of the perinatal teenage mothers may experience common mental disorders due to minimal ability to adapt, cope and even thrive when they experience teenage pregnancy and therefore policies and strategies need to be put in place to equip the perinatal teenage girls with resilience enablers for better mental health and life.

Keywords : Resilience Perinatal Teenage Girls, Teenage Pregnancy, Maternal Child Health.

Background Resilience is considered to be a protective factor for mental wellbeing for all ages. Perinatal teenage mothers experience a myriad of challenges that affect their mental health, resilience can help them managee, adjust and thrive despite the challenges of early pregnancy and therefore protect them from common mental disorders like depression and anxiety. This study was conducted to examine the levels of resilience among perinatal teenage girls between age 10-19 years who were accessing maternal child health (MCH) services during pregnancy and one year post delivery. Non-probability purposive sampling technique was used to identify four health care facilities offering MCH services where the participants were selected purposively. A brief resilience scale (BRS) questionnaire was used to collect data from a sample population of 175 perinatal teenage mothers alongside a Socio-demographic questionnaire. Data analysis was done using Statistical Package for Social Sciences SPSS (SPSS®) Version 28. Results from the study indicated that majority (97.2%) of the respondents had low to normal resilience levels;45.1% had low levels of resilience, 52% had normal resilience levels and 2.9%. had high resilience levels. Conclusion: Majority of the perinatal teenage mothers may experience common mental disorders due to minimal ability to adapt, cope and even thrive when they experience teenage pregnancy and therefore policies and strategies need to be put in place to equip the perinatal teenage girls with resilience enablers for better mental health and life.

Keywords : Resilience Perinatal Teenage Girls, Teenage Pregnancy, Maternal Child Health.

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