Young mothers and the care system: Contextualizing risk and vulnerability
Young mothers and the care system: Contextualizing risk and vulnerability
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DOI：
10.1093/bjsw/bcl002
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发表时间：
2007-02-01
影响因子：
1.8
通讯作者：
Mantovani, Nadia
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作者：
Barn, Ravinder;Mantovani, Nadia
尽管英国的少女怀孕率是西欧最高的，而且最近青少年育儿受到了研究人员的相当大的关注，但关于在当地政府照顾下或在地方当局照顾下成为母亲的年轻女性的特殊经历的研究文献很少。我们的实证研究结果揭示了一组55名年轻母亲在退出照料后面临的风险和脆弱性的重要性。本文探讨了风险和脆弱性的影响，并强调，尽管怀孕可能不是一项有计划的活动，但年轻女性在决定成为母亲时表现出了选择和理性。
Although the UK has the highest levels of teenage pregnancy in Western Europe, and while adolescent mothering has received considerable recent attention from researchers, there is a paucity of research literature about the particular experiences of young women who become mothers in or following local authority care. Findings from our empirical study reveal the significance of risk and vulnerability faced by a group of fifty-five young mothers following their exit from care. This paper explores the impact of risk and vulnerability and also highlights that although pregnancy may not be a planned activity, young women demonstrate choice and rationality in their decision to become mothers.