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Adversities and mental health needs of pregnant adolescents in Kenya: identifying interpersonal, practical, and cultural barriers to care

BACKGROUND: Adolescent pregnancies present a great public health burden in Kenya and Sub-Saharan Africa (UNFPA, Motherhood in Childhood: Facing the challenge of Adolescent Pregnancy, 2013). The disenfranchisement from public institutions and services is further compounded by cultural stigma and gend...

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Autores principales: Osok, Judith, Kigamwa, Pius, Huang, Keng-Yen, Grote, Nancy, Kumar, Manasi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6003032/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29902989
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12905-018-0581-5