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dc.contributor.authorSvanemyr, Joaren_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-13T08:15:16Z
dc.date.available2020-05-13T08:15:16Z
dc.date.issued2019-06-05
dc.PublishedSvanemyr J. Adolescent pregnancy and social norms in Zambia. Culture, Health and Sexuality. 2019eng
dc.identifier.issn1369-1058
dc.identifier.issn1464-5351
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1956/22215
dc.description.abstractEarly 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 13–18 years and the parents of other young people of this same age, with peer interviews with girls aged 13–20 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.en_US
dc.language.isoengeng
dc.publisherInforma UK Ltdeng
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs CC BY-NC-NDeng
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/eng
dc.subjectAdolescent pregnancyeng
dc.subjectbeliefseng
dc.subjectsocial normseng
dc.subjectsexual and reproductive healtheng
dc.subjectZambiaeng
dc.titleAdolescent pregnancy and social norms in Zambiaen_US
dc.typePeer reviewed
dc.typeJournal article
dc.date.updated2019-11-26T10:02:34Z
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2019 The Author(s)
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2019.1621379
dc.identifier.cristin1707826
dc.source.journalCulture, Health and Sexuality
dc.relation.projectNorges forskningsråd: 248121
dc.subject.nsiVDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Sosiologi: 220
dc.subject.nsiVDP::Social sciences: 200::Sociology: 220


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