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Title Adolescent pregnancy and social norms in Zambia
Full text http://hdl.handle.net/1956/22215
Date 2019
Author(s) Svanemyr, Joar
Abstract Early pregnancy occurs frequently in Zambia and is considered a public health issue. The aim of this study was to improve understanding of how gendered sexual norms make young unmarried girls vulnerable to unintended pregnancies in a specific context. It combined individual interviews and focus group discussions with girls and boys aged 13'18â€‰years and the parents of other young people of this same age, with peer interviews with girls aged 13'20â€‰years at four sites in the southern province of Zambia. For girls, sexual relationships and early pregnancies were at odds with dominant norms and were consistently met with disapproval because they led to economic difficulties for young women and their parents, school dropouts and health problems for the young woman and her baby. Lack of resources and insufficient knowledge about sexuality and reproduction, together with gender norms governing sexual behaviour and contraceptive use, combine to place adolescent girls in a vulnerable position with respect to unintended pregnancy.
Subject(s) Adolescent pregnancy; beliefs; social norms; sexual and reproductive health; Zambia; VDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Sosiologi: 220; VDP::Social sciences: 200::Sociology: 220
Language eng
Publisher Informa UK Ltd
Relation Norges forskningsråd: 248121; Culture, Health and Sexuality
Type of publication Journal article; publishedVersion; Journal article
Source 1369-1058; 1464-5351
Rights Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs CC BY-NC-ND; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/; Copyright 2019 The Author(s)
Identifier Svanemyr J. Adolescent pregnancy and social norms in Zambia. Culture, Health and Sexuality. 2019; 1707826; 10.1080/13691058.2019.1621379
Repository Bergen - University of Bergen
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