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Sub-Saharan African nations, including Zambia, bear a disproportionate burden of adolescent pregnancies, contributing to high rates of maternal and child mortality. Despite efforts to improve antenatal care (ANC) services, utilization rates remain suboptimal, especially among adolescent girls and young women (AGYW).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Objective:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>To explore the barriers and facilitators to ANC services among AGYW and how these factors might differ by age and HIV status.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Design:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This qualitative study employs a combination of in-depth interviews (IDIs) and focus group discussions (FGDs) to gather comprehensive insights into the experiences of AGYW regarding ANC services. The study design follows a socio-ecological framework (SEF) to identify multiple levels of influence on ANC utilization.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We conducted 40 IDIs with AGYW aged 15\u201324; and 2 FGDs with caregivers of AGYW ( n\u2009=\u200916). IDIs explored AGYWs barriers and facilitators to accessing and utilizing healthcare services during pregnancy, as well as social support and HIV treatment and prevention. FGD topics included social support, barriers and facilitators to ANC, and HIV services. We developed a codebook based on the SEF and coded transcripts using Dedoose software.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Results showed that early pregnancy knowledge did not always translate to AGYW seeking ANC services right away or within the first trimester. More than half of the AGYW did not initiate ANC until well into the second trimester. Factors including lack of motivation, denial of pregnancy, desires to terminate pregnancies, social norms, policies, clinic environment, and financial constraints contributed to delays in ANC initiation. Social support from family, partners, peers, and the community were crucial motivators for early ANC. Lastly, challenges to ANC continuation included lack of transportation, long clinic waiting times, perceived provider indifference, and stigma at both community and clinic levels.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In conclusion, gaining insights from qualitative data is essential for comprehensively understanding the barriers and challenges to accessing ANC among this specific age group. By identifying and addressing these barriers while enhancing facilitators, effective programs can be developed and implemented to improve the health and well-being of young mothers and their children.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1177\/17455057241281482","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,9,27]],"date-time":"2024-09-27T02:31:45Z","timestamp":1727404305000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["Navigating antenatal care: The lived experiences of adolescent girls and young women and caregiver perspectives in Zambia"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"20","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9277-967X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Alinda M.","family":"Young","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA"},{"name":"Department of Maternal and Child Health, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Natasha","family":"Okpara","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Population Council, Lusaka, Zambia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Nachela","family":"Chelwa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Population Council, Lusaka, Zambia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mary","family":"Mwape","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Population Council, Lusaka, Zambia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jessy","family":"Kayawa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Population Council, Lusaka, Zambia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Nchimunya","family":"Nkwengele","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Population Council, Lusaka, Zambia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Cecilia","family":"Mabai","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Population Council, Lusaka, Zambia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Laura","family":"Nyblade","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Michael","family":"Mbizvo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Population Council, Lusaka, Zambia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sujha","family":"Subramanian","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,9,26]]},"reference":[{"key":"bibr1-17455057241281482","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1186\/s12884-019-2501-6"},{"key":"bibr2-17455057241281482","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pone.0204327"},{"key":"bibr3-17455057241281482","first-page":"87","volume":"10","author":"Asare BY-A","year":"2019","journal-title":"Int J Africa Nurs Sci"},{"issue":"1","key":"bibr4-17455057241281482","first-page":"57","volume":"28","author":"Gennari PJ.","year":"2013","journal-title":"Int J Childbirth Eduction"},{"key":"bibr5-17455057241281482","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/13691058.2019.1621379"},{"issue":"7","key":"bibr6-17455057241281482","first-page":"9749","volume":"7","author":"Kiani MA","year":"2019","journal-title":"Int J Pediatr"},{"key":"bibr7-17455057241281482","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1186\/s12884-017-1328-2"},{"key":"bibr8-17455057241281482","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1186\/s13643-017-0650-0"},{"key":"bibr9-17455057241281482","volume-title":"Zambia Demographic and Health Survey 2018","author":"Zambia Statistics Agency (ZSA), Ministry of Health (MOH), University Teaching Hospital Virology Laboratory (UTH-VL), ICF","year":"2020"},{"key":"bibr10-17455057241281482","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S2352-4642(17)30025-1"},{"key":"bibr11-17455057241281482","first-page":"6","volume":"10","author":"Geta MB","year":"2017","journal-title":"Adv Public Health"},{"key":"bibr12-17455057241281482","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1186\/s12884-018-1748-7"},{"key":"bibr13-17455057241281482","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1186\/s12884-020-2775-8"},{"key":"bibr14-17455057241281482","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1186\/s12978-017-0327-0"},{"key":"bibr15-17455057241281482","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3389\/fpubh.2017.00011"},{"key":"bibr16-17455057241281482","volume-title":"Confronting inequalities-lessons for pandemic responses from 40 years of AIDS","author":"Global A. 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