title: Adolescent mothering: assessing their parenting capabilities and their health education needs.
abstract: Adolescent mothering was investigated in 95 adolescent mothers who were 15-19 years old. Adolescent mothering behavior was found to be related to age of the mother, grade in school, sex of the infant and maintenance of a relationship with the baby's father. Specific deficits were noted in areas of social, emotional and cognitive growth-fostering behavior and in response to infant distress. Health teaching, support, reinforcement and anticipatory guidance were some implications for nursing.
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Ruff
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008425:Maternal Behavior; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011247:Pregnancy; D011253:Pregnancy in Adolescence / Q000523:psychology*