Turning Point: Transitional Stage of Adolescent Mothers Returning to Education
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This descriptive qualitative study aimed to explore the turning point of first-time Thai adolescent mothers who returned to education after motherhood. The participants were 20 adolescent mothers with a healthy baby aged no more than two years. Each of them had undergone the experience of childrearing after giving birth and studying in non-formal education simultaneously. In-depth interviews were used for data collection. The data were analyzed using content analysis method.
“Fulfilling personal life-goals” and “fulfilling parents’ wishes” were the findings of this study. The adolescent mothers decided to return to education during childrearing in order to achieve life-long success for themselves. The results can be used as evidence for nurses to inform, advise, and support pregnant adolescents and adolescent mothers to continue their education. Also, it can be used to guide social policy to promote all educational systems to enable these groups to gain long-term success in the future.
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