Prevalence, socio-demographic characteristic and associated medical factors of teenage pregnancy in selected maternal and child health clinics in Kuching

Teenage pregnancy is an important public health problem as it often occurs in the context of poor social support and maternal wellbeing. A retrospective cross sectional study was done among registered teenagers who attended antenatal follow-up at three maternal & child health clinics (MCHC) in K...

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Main Author:	Soe, Min Htut
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2010
Subjects:	BF Psychology H Social Sciences (General)
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spelling	my-unimas-ir.112552023-08-07T07:01:04Z Prevalence, socio-demographic characteristic and associated medical factors of teenage pregnancy in selected maternal and child health clinics in Kuching 2010 Soe, Min Htut BF Psychology H Social Sciences (General) Teenage pregnancy is an important public health problem as it often occurs in the context of poor social support and maternal wellbeing. A retrospective cross sectional study was done among registered teenagers who attended antenatal follow-up at three maternal & child health clinics (MCHC) in Kuching namely, MCHC Jawa, MCHC Sekama, and MCHC at Polyclinic Tanah Puteh. The aim of this study is to detennine the prevalence of teenage pregnancy in the community, its socio-demographic characteristics, and associated medical and health facto~There was a total of 334 teenage "mothers attending to the selected three MCHCs with the prevalence rate of 5.29 percent. Majority of the teenage mothers were of MalaylMelanau ethnicity (42.8%), 75.1 % were married, 74.2% achieved at least secondary education level, 58.1 % were housewives and 79.6% were in their first pregnancy. Good antenatal follow-up was seen among 43.3% of married teenage mothers, 55.0% of late teen, 59.4 % of housewives and also 78.4% of those'having their antenatal booking done in the first trimester. The first antenatal registration to the clinic done in the third trimester was more common among unmarried teenage mothers (43.4%). Anaemia was the most common complication (46.1 %) and more commonly seen in teens (59.4%) than late teens (48.1 %). Majority (85.5%) of teenage mothers had spontaneous vaginal delivery. Among those who have delivered, 11 % of the neonates had low birth weight while 18.1 % of them were pretenn. The poor postnatal follow-up was more commonly seen in teens (63.0%) than late teens (48.9%). Though the teenage mothers have increased risks of adverse pregnancy outcomes, the problems can be overcome by means of complete coverage of high quality maternity care usually provided in maternal and child health clinics. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2010 Thesis http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/11255/ http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/11255/1/Soe%20%28ft%29.pdf text en validuser masters Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) Faculty of Medicine and Human Sciences
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description	Teenage pregnancy is an important public health problem as it often occurs in the context of poor social support and maternal wellbeing. A retrospective cross sectional study was done among registered teenagers who attended antenatal follow-up at three maternal & child health clinics (MCHC) in Kuching namely, MCHC Jawa, MCHC Sekama, and MCHC at Polyclinic Tanah Puteh. The aim of this study is to detennine the prevalence of teenage pregnancy in the community, its socio-demographic characteristics, and associated medical and health facto~There was a total of 334 teenage "mothers attending to the selected three MCHCs with the prevalence rate of 5.29 percent. Majority of the teenage mothers were of MalaylMelanau ethnicity (42.8%), 75.1 % were married, 74.2% achieved at least secondary education level, 58.1 % were housewives and 79.6% were in their first pregnancy. Good antenatal follow-up was seen among 43.3% of married teenage mothers, 55.0% of late teen, 59.4 % of housewives and also 78.4% of those'having their antenatal booking done in the first trimester. The first antenatal registration to the clinic done in the third trimester was more common among unmarried teenage mothers (43.4%). Anaemia was the most common complication (46.1 %) and more commonly seen in teens (59.4%) than late teens (48.1 %). Majority (85.5%) of teenage mothers had spontaneous vaginal delivery. Among those who have delivered, 11 % of the neonates had low birth weight while 18.1 % of them were pretenn. The poor postnatal follow-up was more commonly seen in teens (63.0%) than late teens (48.9%). Though the teenage mothers have increased risks of adverse pregnancy outcomes, the problems can be overcome by means of complete coverage of high quality maternity care usually provided in maternal and child health clinics.
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author	Soe, Min Htut
author_facet	Soe, Min Htut
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title	Prevalence, socio-demographic characteristic and associated medical factors of teenage pregnancy in selected maternal and child health clinics in Kuching
title_short	Prevalence, socio-demographic characteristic and associated medical factors of teenage pregnancy in selected maternal and child health clinics in Kuching
title_full	Prevalence, socio-demographic characteristic and associated medical factors of teenage pregnancy in selected maternal and child health clinics in Kuching
title_fullStr	Prevalence, socio-demographic characteristic and associated medical factors of teenage pregnancy in selected maternal and child health clinics in Kuching
title_full_unstemmed	Prevalence, socio-demographic characteristic and associated medical factors of teenage pregnancy in selected maternal and child health clinics in Kuching
title_sort	prevalence, socio-demographic characteristic and associated medical factors of teenage pregnancy in selected maternal and child health clinics in kuching
granting_institution	Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS)
granting_department	Faculty of Medicine and Human Sciences
publishDate	2010
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Prevalence, socio-demographic characteristic and associated medical factors of teenage pregnancy in selected maternal and child health clinics in Kuching

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