Teenage Pregnancy and Adolescent Motherhood in Phetchabun Province: 2008

dc.contributor.authorWitayathawornwong, Punpit; Petchabun Provincial Public Health Officeen_US
dc.contributor.authorSahamaethapat, Kannika; Petchabun Provincial Public Health Officeen_US
dc.contributor.authorSuriyawong, Chanphen; Petchabun Provincial Public Health Officeen_US
dc.date.accessioned2011-03-10T15:41:02Z
dc.date.available2011-03-10T15:41:02Z
dc.date.created2011-03-10en_US
dc.date.issued2011-03-10en_US
dc.description.abstractCurrently, incidences of teenage pregnancy are dramatically rising. This prospective descriptive study wasmainly aimed to analyze the comprehensive factors including knowledge, attitudes, value, perception and readinessin teenage pregnancy labored in 11 public hospitals in Phetchabun Province. The study was conducted during 1st February Through 30 th  June 2008. Four hundred and fifty five under 20-year-old pregnant women were enrolled in the study. Age and income were analyzed with independent t-test. Occupation, marital status, living with couple and complications of pregnancy and delivery were analyzed by Pearson chi-square test with significant level at 0.05. Teenage pregnant women had low level in knowledge, perception, and information about pregnancy and delivery. However, attitudes and value of pregnancy and delivery were in middle level. There were more than half unwanted pregnancy in teenage pregnancy, resulted from poor family planning. Wanted pregnancy was older, had more occupation, higher income and living with couple than unwanted pregnancy (p = 0.011, 0.002, \< 0.001 and \< 0.001, respectively). Unwanted pregnancy had more complications (p \< 0.001). In conclusion, official and private sector should prevent this problem by educate primary and secondary students about sex education and family planning.  en_US
dc.identifier.citationBuddhachinaraj Medical Journal; Vol.27 (Supplement 1) May-Augst 2010; 313en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/134423
dc.language.isoen-USen_US
dc.publisherBuddhachinaraj Medical Journalen_US
dc.rightsBuddhist Hospital, Phitsanulok, Thailanden_US
dc.source.urihttps://thailand.digitaljournals.org/index.php/BMJ/issue/archiveen_US
dc.source.urihttps://thailand.digitaljournals.org/index.php/BMJ/article/view/5402en_US
dc.titleTeenage Pregnancy and Adolescent Motherhood in Phetchabun Province: 2008en_US
dc.typeResearch Articleen_US
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