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dc.contributor.author Matlala, Sogo F.
dc.date.accessioned 2021-06-25T09:04:11Z
dc.date.available 2021-06-25T09:04:11Z
dc.date.issued 2017
dc.identifier.issn 11782390
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10386/3360
dc.description Journal article published in Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare 2017:10 383–389 en_US
dc.description.abstract Pregnancy among secondary school students remains a public health problem and is associated with school dropout as well as poor maternal and child health outcomes. Schools in South Africa no longer expel pregnant students as was the case before 2000. Instead, the government encourages them to remain in class to complete their education, but pregnant students often face stigma, and some drop out of school as a result. To remain in class and access antenatal care, pregnant students require social support from teachers, parents and professional nurses. Unfortunately, teachers, parents and professional nurses support pregnant students on an ad hoc basis, and this calls for a model to facilitate collaborative social support. The purpose of this paper is to present and describe a model to facilitate collaborative social support for pregnant students attending secondary schools in South Africa, using the model description steps of Chinn and Kramer. The model is designed as a tool to enable pregnant students to remain in school, attend antenatal care and in the end, deliver healthy babies. The professional nurse, as a member and leader of the school health team which visits secondary schools to provide a package of school health services, is the agent or facilitator of the model. en_US
dc.format.extent 7 Pages en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Dovepress en_US
dc.relation.requires PDF en_US
dc.subject Communication en_US
dc.subject Health team en_US
dc.subject learner pregnancy en_US
dc.subject maternal and child health en_US
dc.subject school health services en_US
dc.subject social network en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Communication en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Health team en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Social network en_US
dc.title A model to facilitate collaborative social support for pregnant students in secondary schools en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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