Whose Perspective Counts?: Context, Subjectivities, Factors, and Consequences of Teenage pregnancy in the Departamento De Granada, Nicaragua - Couverture souple

Sato, Mine

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 3639709896 ISBN 13 : 9783639709896

Editeur : Scholars' Press, 2014

Synopsis

Is teenage pregnancy simply problematized by outsiders or also problematic for insiders? To explore this unanswerable question, this book (1) analyzes the extent to which teenage pregnancy is perceived as a “problem” in the Granada region, Nicaragua, at governmental and non-governmental organization levels as well as in local communities including among pregnant teenagers, (2) analyzes the consequences and causes of teenage pregnancy, and (3) makes policy and program recommendations. Three major conclusions emerged out of this study. First, teenage pregnancy is recognized as a “problem” by Nicaraguans for a variety of reasons. Teenage pregnancy has been “discovered” as a “problem” by donor agencies and the government, whose discourses tend to be internalized into people’s subjectivities to some extent. However, local initiatives have also contributed to the “discovery” of the teenage pregnancy “problem”. Second, teenage pregnancy has tremendous negative socioeconomic consequences for the mother and child. Third, the causes of teenage pregnancy are societal and gendered rather than individual, and include political, economic, sociocultural, and psychological factors.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Scholars' Press
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3639709896
• ISBN 13: 9783639709896
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 316
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible