A Review of the Role of Social Support Systems in the Drug Use Behavior of Hispanics

This article is a follow up article of the previoulsy published article “Die belewenis van die pasient en die verpleegkundige tydens tuberkulose-onderrig” and focuses on guidelines formulated on the basis of the research findings. These guidelines have been formulated in order to promote the nurse’s knowledge and skills concerning: interpersonal relations, subject knowledge, a task versus patient orientated nursing approach, the motivation of the nurse, social support systems, stimulation of the patient’s motivation, recovery from the patient’s chest centredness and the acceptance of responsibility for his own health as well as the affirmation of the role of the nurse.

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A comparison of the relationship between parental efficacy and social support systems of single teen mothers across different family forms in South African low socioeconomic communities

BMC Women s Health ◽

10.1186/s12905-021-01300-w ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 21 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Samantha L. Coert ◽

Babatope O. Adebiyi ◽

Edna Rich ◽

Nicolette V. Roman

Keyword(s):

Social Support ◽

South Africa ◽

Parenting Practices ◽

Support Systems ◽

Pearson Correlation ◽

Self Report ◽

Teen Mothers ◽

Parental Efficacy ◽

Social Support Systems ◽

The Relationship

Abstract Background Teenage parenting is recognised as one of the greatest health and social problems in South Africa. Research in South Africa has shown that by the age of 18 years, more than 30% of teens have given birth at least once. Teen mothers may feel disempowered because they are ‘othered’ and consequently, may develop forms of resistance which in most cases may inhibit their ability to parent. Social support is therefore, an imperative intervention for successful teen parenting but this is not clearly understood in South Africa. This study aimed to compare the relationship between parental efficacy and social support systems of single teen mothers across different family forms. Methods A quantitative methodology with a cross-sectional comparative correlation design was conducted with 160 single teen mothers who resided with a family in a low socio-economic community. The participants completed a self-report questionnaire that comprised of the Social Provisions Scale, and the Parenting Sense of Competence scale. Descriptive statistics and Pearson correlation were used to investigate the data. Results A significant positive relationship between social support and parental efficacy was found. When comparing different family forms, single teen mothers’ residing with one parent reported greater levels of parental efficacy and single teen mothers’ residing with two parents, re-counted high levels of social support under the subscales; guide, reliable and nurture. However, when computing for guardian-skip generation, results show that there is no significant relationship between parental efficacy and social support. As well as no correlation across subscales of social support. Conclusion The positive relationships between social support and parental efficacy are important for planning and applying parenting programmes amongst single teen mothers and facilitating awareness regarding the importance of social support and family forms when considering parenting practices.

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