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Interaction of culture and grief amongst women who terminated a pregnancy in adolescence: A narrative approach

Curationis

 
 
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Title Interaction of culture and grief amongst women who terminated a pregnancy in adolescence: A narrative approach
 
Creator Sebola, Botshelo R.
 
Subject Culture; grief; nursing; midwifery adolescence; approach; culture; grief; interaction; narrative approach; terminated pregnancy; women
Description Background: Culture plays a vital role in resolving grief in African communities. However, women who terminate a pregnancy in adolescence are typically not exposed to cultural rituals that could ease their grief.Objectives: The purpose of this article is to explore the interaction of culture and grief amongst women who terminated a pregnancy in adolescence.Method: A qualitative exploratory study was undertaken using a narrative approach. Unstructured interviews were conducted to solicit narratives from 11 women who terminated a pregnancy in adolescence.Results: Data were analysed through narrative, thematic data analysis. Three themes emerged from the findings: delayed post-traumatic growth, low body esteem and an alteration in the development of maternal identity.Conclusion: The study intended to explore the interaction of culture and grief amongst women who terminated a pregnancy in adolescence. The researcher determined that women who had not honoured their culture because of the secrecy surrounding the termination of pregnancy had delayed healing and an altered self-image.
 
Publisher AOSIS
 
Contributor None
Date 2021-11-23
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — Qualitative Narratives
Format text/html application/epub+zip text/xml application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/curationis.v44i1.2247
 
Source Curationis; Vol 44, No 1 (2021); 6 pages 2223-6279 0379-8577
 
Language eng
 
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https://curationis.org.za/index.php/curationis/article/view/2247/3027 https://curationis.org.za/index.php/curationis/article/view/2247/3028 https://curationis.org.za/index.php/curationis/article/view/2247/3029 https://curationis.org.za/index.php/curationis/article/view/2247/3030
 
Coverage Pretoria South Africa Adolescence, pregnancy 20-42, Female, Black,
Rights Copyright (c) 2021 Botshelo Rachel Sebola https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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