Prevalence and associated factors of adolescent pregnancy (15–19 years) in East Africa: a multilevel analysis

MG Worku, ZT Tessema, AB Teshale… - BMC Pregnancy and …, 2021 - Springer
… and pregnancy outcomes… adolescent pregnancy in East Africa. Therefore, this study aimed
to investigate the prevalence and associated factors of adolescent pregnancy in Eastern Africa

Prevalence and determinants of adolescent pregnancy in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis

GM Kassa, AO Arowojolu, AA Odukogbe, AW Yalew - Reproductive health, 2018 - Springer
… in East Africa (21.5%) and lowest in Northern Africa (9.2%). Factors associated with adolescent
pregnancy … ), and lack of parent to adolescent communication on sexual and reproductive …

Pregnancy and early motherhood among adolescents in five East African countries: a multi-level analysis of risk and protective factors

YD Wado, EA Sully, JN Mumah - BMC pregnancy and childbirth, 2019 - Springer
… the contextual factors that influence adolescent pregnancy in five east African countries. …
determinants of adolescent pregnancy and early motherhood in five East African countries using …

Determinants of adolescent pregnancy in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review

I Yakubu, WJ Salisu - Reproductive health, 2018 - Springer
Adolescent pregnancy has been persistently high in sub-Saharan Africa. The objective of
this review is to identify factors influencing adolescent pregnancies in sub-Saharan Africa in …

Adolescent first births in East Africa: disaggregating characteristics, trends and determinants

SE Neal, V Chandra-Mouli, D Chou - Reproductive health, 2015 - Springer
… In all three countries adolescent pregnancy is identified as both a public health concern
and a barrier to development by international and national policy makers, non-governmental …

Prevalence of first adolescent pregnancy and its associated factors in sub-Saharan Africa: A multi-country analysis

BO Ahinkorah, M Kang, L Perry, F Brooks, A Hayen - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
… , Eastern and Southern Africa [6]. The projected increase in adolescent pregnancies is
likely to be more prevalent in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), which already leads the world in teen …

Prevalence of teenage pregnancy and its associated factors in high fertility sub-Saharan Africa countries: a multilevel analysis

DB Asmamaw, TZ Tafere, WD Negash - BMC Women's Health, 2023 - Springer
adolescent girls had higher odds of being pregnant compared to their counterparts, which is
supported by studies done in East Africa [31] and sub-Saharan Africaadolescent pregnancy

Adolescent pregnancy at antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation: a critical barrier to retention on ART

H Nuwagaba‐Biribonwoha, AN Kiragga… - African Journal of …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
… The major strength of this study was the use of programmatic cohorts drawn from diverse
real‐world clinical settings in East Africa, which making our findings generalizable to routine …

Adolescent pregnancy in sub-Saharan Africa–a cause for concern

NR Maharaj - Frontiers in Reproductive Health, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Adolescent girls may also become pregnant intentionally to … in Africa had an adolescent
pregnancy rate of 106 adolescentAfrica (SA), which has the second largest economy in Africa, …

Factors associated with teen pregnancy in sub-Saharan Africa: a multi-country cross-sectional study

C Odimegwu, S Mkwananzi - African Journal of Reproductive Health, 2016 - journals.co.za
adolescent pregnancy through the review of previous … increased the likelihood of adolescent
pregnancy52. Likewise, … pattern in declining adolescent fertility in East Africa as this study’…