Abstract: The hermeneutic phenomenological explanation of the lived experiences of adolescent mothers within a 20-year span has been noted, and responded to via four research questions.
A qualitative approach was taken to conduct this research, which comprises 14 participants from urban and rural Jamaica: 10 former adolescent mothers who became pregnant while they were within the age cohort of 11-17 years, and 4 policy-makers.
Despite unfavourable cultural dictates (legislation, patriarchal practice and value-laden positionalities), the outcome of majority of the adolescent mothers were positive.
Keywords: Jamaica, adolescent motherhood, hermeneutic phenomenology, experience.
Title: A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Exploration of the extent to which the lived experience of adolescent mothers has influenced their future educational and livelihood opportunities in Jamaica
Author: Dr. Tazhmoye V. Crawford
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