Decision-making behaviors for adolescent mothers enrolled in the nurse-family partnership

摘要: Adolescent pregnancy rates are particularly high in the southern states posing a critical area for nursing intervention. The effect of nurse home visitor social support intervention on decision-making parenting adolescents has not been documented within healthcare literature. Lack information intervention's efficacy is serious gap knowledge base. Nurse-Family Partnership, health promotion program utilizing visitation first time mothers, described literature as effective improving outcomes and self-sufficiency participants program, but this study will assess areas that have addressed by previous Partnership research. purpose quantitative cross-sectional was to describe behaviors enrolled explore predictive variables may influenced their context behaviors, support, everyday chronic stressors. Using Decision Making Questionnaire, Norbeck's Social Support Demographic Questionnaire Everyday Stressors Index, demographic stressors were measured population Partnership. setting North Carolina. convenience sampling, sample size 38 recruited. Conceptually, guided model. Results included large percentage (68.4%) reported source support. Additionally, each grade level completed, there 1.009 significant increase predicted mean score self-esteem subscale Questionnaire. When comparing Hispanics/Latinos versus White participants, had significantly less aid than Whites. Conversely, higher levels emotional total function scores when compared project assessment specific aspects model, empirical evidence establishment funding new United States additions body science related adolescent decision-making.