IJERPH, Vol. 15, Pages 2776: Needs and Barriers of Teen Mothers in Rural Eastern Uganda: Stakeholders ’ Perceptions Regarding Maternal/Child Nutrition and Health

IJERPH, Vol. 15, Pages 2776: Needs and Barriers of Teen Mothers in Rural Eastern Uganda: Stakeholders’ Perceptions Regarding Maternal/Child Nutrition and Health International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph15122776 Authors: Josephine Nabugoomu Gloria K Seruwagi Kitty Corbett Edward Kanyesigye Susan Horton Rhona Hanning For adolescent mothers in rural Eastern Uganda, nutrition and health may be compromised by many factors. Identifying individual and environmental needs and barriers at local levels is important to inform community-based interventions. This qualitative study used interviews based on constructs from social cognitive theory. 101 adolescent mothers, family members, health-related personnel and community workers in Budondo sub-county (Jinja district), eastern Uganda were interviewed. Young mothers had needs, related to going back to school, home-based small businesses; social needs, care support and belonging to their families, employment, shelter, clothing, personal land and animals, medical care and delivery materials. Barriers to meeting their needs included: lack of skills in income generation and food preparation, harsh treatment, pregnancy and childcare costs, lack of academic qualifications, lack of adequate shelter and land, lack of foods to make complementary feeds for infants, insufficient access to medicines, tailored health care and appropriate communications. Using the social cognitive framewor...
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