Iers ranging from social to attitudinal and physical barriers. These barriers could heavily impede the functional and social activities among the stroke survivors. The findings of this study highlight the require for interventions that consist of awareness and education of communities about disability and advocating for accessible services and physical structures for persons with disabilities living within this geographical setting. Authorities responsible for development programmes ought to pay specific consideration towards the involvement in the stroke survivors and put earnings producing activities in placeAfrican Wellness Sciences Vol 11 No 3 Septemberas it is tough for them to return to their prior manual occupations like agriculture. Acknowledgements We are most grateful for the authorities who gave us the permission to conduct such a study. We hugely thank the participants who accepted to participate in this study and all who assisted us in a single way or the other.11.12.13.
Constant higher teenage pregnancy rates in South-western Nigeria are characteristically underpinned by the unmet social requirements from the teenagers. Objective: To elicit intergenerational views on the influence of unmet social demands on teenage pregnancy. Solutions: By way of a descriptive and cross-sectional style, a total of 174 respondents who were either pregnant teenagers, teenage mothers during the survey or had been pregnant as teenagers, had been interviewed, using questionnaire supplemented with 12 key informant interviews. Outcomes: Using the mean age of 16.5 years, and educational status variety of involving main and beneath (25.eight ) and tertiary (9.8 ) levels, only 39.7 respondents had been married, about half (47.7 ) remained single whilst other individuals were separated (12.six ). Less than half (44.9 ) from the respondents were engaged in occupational activities. The unmet material and monetary supports expected from parents (43.1 ), the lack of cost-free education from government up till secondary school level (51.two ), the lack of sex education and expertise demands for indicators of maturity (53.4 ) and discouragement from pals to not have boyfriend (66.1 ) prone teenagers to unplanned pregnancy. Conclusion: Promotion of sexual education and parental care is encouraged as method against unplanned pregnancy amongst teenagers. Key phrases: Unmet needs, pregnancy Chrysatropic acid web resolution, teenagers, Nigeria DOI: http:dx.doi.org10.4314ahs.v14i4.27 Introduction Teenage period is characteristically a transition stage when folks develop into sexually active1. Typically much less than 20 years but higher than 13 years2, teenagers are unquestionably at a vulnerable improvement stage exactly where they attempt to navigate the sensitive transitions from childhood to adolescence3, the stage which is also characterized by improve in personal manage, responsibility and independence. Teenagers frequently negotiate PubMed ID:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21324894 and adjust to elevated demands of a additional autonomous lifestyle hence reactions to societal sexual norms and expectations grow to be the important tasks of teenagers4. As teenage pregnancy could be grounded by social and economic factors5, its upkeep might be jeopardized with physical and emotional pressure6, therefore conscientiously contributing to poverty cycle7. The selection to help keep the pregnancy could also be unavoidably influenced by social, economic and cultural variables such Corresponding author: Kabiru K. Salami, Department of Sociology University of Ibadan, Nigeria Email: kabsalamiyahoo.co.uk because the amount of education, socialization, family members ac.
