Adolescent Mothers' Social and Health-Related Interests: Report of a Project for Rural, Black Mothers |
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| Authors: | JOANNE M. LENOCKER RN RSN MA MOLLY C. DOUGHERTY HN RSN MN PhD |
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| Affiliation: | Joanne Lenocker has worked in Public Health Nursing in California and Florida and as a staff nurse in Whangarei Base Hospital, New Zealand. She became aware of the adolescent mothers described in the article when her students visited them as part of their Community Health Nursing experience while she was an Instructor in the College of Nursing at the University of Florida. Ms. Lenocker attended California State University and New York University and is a member of NAACOG, ANA, and Sigma Theta Tau. She is currently Coordinator of the Convalescent Hospital Team at the Regional Center of Orange County (California) Serving the Developmentally Disabled.;Molly Dougherty has worked as a maternity nurse in Rochester, New York, Hendersonville, North Carolina, and Gainesville, Florida. Her professional interests include health of minorities, health behaviors in community settings, women's health, and population. Her nursing education was received at the University of Florida, and she has a doctorate in Anthropology from the same institution. Ms. Dougherty is a member of NAACOG, Sigma Theta Tau, and the American Anthropological Association and is currently an Associate Professor at the College of Nursing of the University of Florida in Gainesville. |
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| Abstract: | Group meetings, commonly used in prenatal care, took a different form in a project conducted in North Florida with rural, adolescent, black mothers. Discussions focused on the expressed interests of mothers who retained identification with their babies. The article describes their behaviors and cognitive patterns, provides insights into the concerns of mothers, and indicates that their needs are related to both adolescence and motherhood. It further suggests that loosely structured groups might be one method of approaching their health-related concerns. Adolescent parenthood is becoming an important concern in adolescent health cure; this article provides information concerning single, adolescent mothers and methods of dealing with their social and health-related concerns. |
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