Adolescent’s experiences and needs of social support from health staff in pregnancy in Yogyakarta

Abstract: ​Explore the meaning of adolescent’s experience and social supportneeds from health staff in pregnancy. ​Method: ​This research is a qualitativeresearch with phenomenology. The study was conducted in the workingarea of ​​ Puskesmas Jetis, Gedongtengen and Umbulharjo 1 from 6 May to 7 July 2017. The selection of participants using the technique of maximalvariation and the number of participants adjusted to the varied place ofstudy and the variation of participants and the number of participant was 6.The research data was collected by using in-depth interview with semi-structured interview guide. The data was analyzed with Collaizi technique analysis. ​Results: ​There are 5 themes in this study that is, theexperience of adolescents at the beginning of their pregnancies, differencesin the reasons adolescent maintain their pregnancies, the form of supportthat adolescent have gained during pregnancy, adolescent perspectives on the behavior of health staff during accompanying pregnancy and socialsupport needs of adolescent pregnancy from health staff. ​Conclusion:Adolescent acceptance of pregnancy occurs as pregnancy progresses, support from optimal health staff increases teen motivation to maintain andrun pregnancy well and informational support from health staff is a keyrequirement for teenage pregnancy.
Keywords: ​ ​social support; health staff; adolescent pregnancy
Penulis: Dara Ardhia , Wenny Artanty Nisman​, Budi Wahyuni ​
Kode Jurnal: jpkedokterandd180034

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