Authors :
Lunar Odawa; Dr. Stella Nyagwencha; Dr. Michael Kihara
Volume/Issue :
Volume 9 - 2024, Issue 1 - January
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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.
