A gravidez na adolescência: um desafio social para o programa de saúde da família de Serranos

Abstract

This is a reflective study on teenage pregnancy: a challenge for the Family Health Program of Serranos which seeks to provide the rescue of the human dimension of care and prevention and a new perspective on the issue of teenage pregnancy, and aims to identify the factors and consequences that lead to this pregnancy and develop guidelines for the family health team's work with actions that encourage education, counseling and prevention among adolescents, parents, educators and community. Through literature review and perceptions experienced in acting in the health service, it is concluded that the educational preactices in schools and in health, with new ways of dealing with the problem of teenage pregnancy, enable prevention and discussion about minimal solutions for early pregnancy.