Iranian pregnant teenage women tell the story of "fast development": A phenomenological study.

CONCLUSION: Teenage pregnant women simultaneously encounter multiple developmental challenges related to adolescence period, marriage, pregnancy, and mothering responsibilities. According to the results, fast development concept should be considered by healthcare providers in order to offer comprehensive and age-appropriate health services to pregnant teenage women for successful transition from the multiple developmental stages. Moreover, this concept will help health care providers, especially midwives, to understand how to deal with pregnant teenagers. PMID: 26651284 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Women Birth - November 30, 2015 Category: Midwifery Authors: Mohammadi N, Montazeri S, Alaghband Rad J, Ardabili HE, Gharacheh M Tags: Women Birth Source Type: research