Collection
Understanding and supporting pregnant and parenting adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa
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Editors
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Dr. Caroline Kabiru
Dr. Caroline Kabiru leads the Population Dynamics and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Unit at the African Population and Health Research Center—a Pan-African research institution and think tank that generates evidence to drive policy action to improve the health and wellbeing of African people. Caroline, who has a PhD in Health Promotion and Behavior from the University of Georgia, has over 15 years of experience conducting research in sub-Saharan Africa. Much of her research focuses on young people’s health and well-being in low-resource and marginalized urban settings and covers topics ranging from reproductive to mental health.
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Anthony Ajayi
Anthony Ajayi is an Associate Research Scientist at the African Population and Health Research Center. He serves as a principal investigator on the Challenging the Politics of Social Exclusion project, which aims to support the establishment of a robust evidence base that can strengthen policy engagement and advocacy efforts to advance the domestication and implementation of continental commitments on adolescent sexual and reproductive health at sub-regional and national levels in sub-Saharan Africa. He has participated in several stakeholder engagement fora to shape policies on adolescent sexual and reproductive health.
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Dr. Lorretta Favour C. Ntoimo
Dr. Lorretta Favour C. Ntoimo is a Social Demographer with eleven years of experience in teaching and research. She is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Demography and Social Statistics at Federal University Oye-Ekiti, Nigeria. She is a highly motivated and result-oriented researcher whose goal is to contribute to sexual and reproductive health, population health, family demography, and singlehood research in Africa. She has actively contributed in these fields through publications in reputable journals, field intervention research, editorship of journals, presentations in conferences and meetings, and mentoring of younger scholars.
Articles (5 in this collection)
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Comparing the reasons for contraceptive discontinuation between parenting adolescents and young women in sub-Saharan Africa: a multilevel analysis
Authors
- Sunday A. Adedini
- Olusola A. Omisakin
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 08 August 2023
- Article: 115
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Naïve, uninformed and sexually abused: circumstances surrounding adolescent pregnancies in Malawi
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Elita Chamdimba
- Caroline W. Kabiru
- Anthony Idowu Ajayi
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 06 August 2023
- Article: 114
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Lived experiences of pregnant and parenting adolescents in Africa: A scoping review
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Anthony Idowu Ajayi
- Sherine Athero
- Caroline W. Kabiru
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 03 August 2023
- Article: 113
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A qualitative investigation into pregnancy experiences and maternal healthcare utilisation among adolescent mothers in Nigeria
Authors
- Christiana A. Alex-Ojei
- Clifford O. Odimegwu
- Lorretta F. C. Ntoimo
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 20 May 2023
- Article: 77