The voices of teen mothers: The experience of repeat pregnancy

MCN The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 243-249

  Herrman, Judith W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent pregnancy; Qualitative research; Repeat pregnancy; Young mothers

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIFE EVENT; LIFESTYLE; MOTHER; MOTIVATION; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIENDS; GOALS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LIFE STYLE; MOTHERS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PARENTING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENCE; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 33748304278     PISSN: 0361929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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