Adolescent pregnancy challenges in the era of HIV and AIDS : a case study of a selected rural area in Zimbabwe / Naomi N. Wekwete.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wekwete, Naomi N.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teenage pregnancy--Zimbabwe--Gutu District.

Teenage pregnancy.

Teenage girls--Sexual behavior--Zimbabwe--Gutu District.

Teenage girls.

Teenage girls--Zimbabwe--Gutu District--Attitudes.

Sexual health--Zimbabwe--Gutu District.

Sexual health.

Rural health--Zimbabwe--Gutu District.

Rural health.

Family life surveys.

Teenage girls--Sexual behavior.

Gutu District (Zimbabwe)--Social conditions--21st century.

Gutu District (Zimbabwe).

Family life surveys--Zimbabwe--Gutu District.

Zimbabwe--Gutu District.

Physical Description:

vi, 94 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia : Organisation for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA), 2010.

Summary:

Zimbabwe is one of the countries in Southern Africa worst affected by the HIV and AIDS pandemic. The Ministry of Health and Child Welfare (MOHCW) (2007) estimated that 1.3 million people were living with HIV and AIDS at the end of 2007. The aim of this study is to explore the challenges that adolescent mothers face and why young women engage in risky sexual behaviour, despite the levels of awareness and prevalence rate of HIV and AIDS in the country. The study was conducted in Gutu District, Masvingo Province, among women aged between 15-24 years who had never given birth or were pregnant with their first child.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 88-94).

ISBN:

9789994455485

9994455486

OCLC:

663949206

Publisher Number:

99942340589