What do teenage mothers want from the Well Child / Tamariki Ora service?

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What do teenage mothers want from the Well Child / Tamariki Ora service?

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New Zealand has one of the highest rates of teenage pregnancy in the world. The UNICEF Innocenti Report Card (2001) places New Zealand third in the table of teenage births in rich nations with 29.8 per 1000 births by women aged 15-19 years. The literature suggests that teenage mothers often struggle to cope with the demands of caring for a baby while making the transition from adolescence to adulthood. They require additional support from families, partners and services to achieve good health...

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Thesis

Thesis level

Masters

Date created

2010

Creator

Skerman, Nicky

URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10652/6585

Related subjects

Hawke's Bay (N.Z.) / New Zealand / teenage mothers / teenage pregnancy / Māori / Well Child/Tamariki Ora / experiences / needs / attitudes / interviews / Health sciences / Midwifery / Indigenous studies / Te hauora me te oranga o te Māori (Māori health and wellbeing) / Te hauora me te oranga ā-whaea, ā-pēpi o te Māori (Māori mothers and babies health and wellbeing) / Tāngata / Whānau / Taitamariki / Māmā / Tāngata whenua / Wāhine / Hapū (Wāhine)

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