title: [Adolescent mothers caring for their child].
abstract: This is a qualitative research that had the objective of understanding the perception of adolescent mothers about their child[symbol: see text]s care. The phenomenological approach was used to analyze data gathered from 7 mothers. To the adolescent mothers caring for their child means feeding the child, do his/her hygiene, care for his/her illness, promote rest, give attention, give love, give educational support and promote leisure. These themes converge to 3 main categories: attend to the biological, psychological and social necessities of the child.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Matos
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Madeira
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008425:Maternal Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent