Gravidez na adolescência: uma revisão da literatura

Abstract

In addressing the topic of pregnancy prevention, we realize that much of the population has only basic information about contraceptive use, and many teens practice sex without using these methods. Thus, this study aims to make a bibliographic review of papers published between 2002 to 2010 on the theme teenage pregnancy and the importance of family involvement and school in the context of sexuality education. It is a narrative review conducted in the databases: Literature Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences (LILACS), Electronic Library of Brazilian scientific journals (SciELO), Virtual Library of Nursing and books relevant to the topic. The query to the databases was conducted between the months of September 2010 to June 2011, considering the works published between 2002-2010. The early pregnancy is one of the most disturbing incidents related to sexuality of adolescence, with serious consequences for the lives of teenagers involved in their children and their families, and is considered multifactorial etiology is related to a number of aspects that can be grouped in: biological, factors of family, social, psychological and contraception. It is estimated that in Brazil, a million adolescents give birth each year, which represents 20% of total live births. The statistics also show that, every decade, a growing number of births to girls more and more young people around the world. Adolescent pregnancy has been identified as a public health problem in Brazil. Society, school, family, media, must be interwoven and committed to deal with this problem. Therefore, organize the comprehensive health care for adolescents has been a challenge to health and society. It is worth emphasizing the importance of interdisciplinary work, involving all governmental and nongovernmental actors in education and full attention to the prevention of unplanned pregnancy in adolescence.