Abordagem sobre gravidez na adolescência e os impactos na vida das adolescentes e suas famílias

Abstract

Adolescence is a transitional period between childhood and adulthood, where various bodily and hormonal and behavioral changes occur, whose main characteristic involves the acquisition of reproductive capacity.Teenage pregnancy is configured today as a public health problem. At the end of the 70 pregnancy during adolescence has received considerable attention from society. The birth rate increased in the age group below 16 years, while decreased in the other groups.There are several factors that can lead to early pregnancy: ignorance and / or lack of access to contraception, seeking recognition and realization of a project viable life, compromises and lack of dialogue in the family, among others .Teenage pregnancy, wanted or not, causes a set of impasses in social, family and personal level. Regardless, the socioeconomic and cultural situation of these teenagers teen pregnancy causes serious problems for educational projects, family life, and personal, social and professional development of young pregnant woman. Besides high risk both for the mother and for the children such as: low birth weight, prematurity, toxemia of pregnanc, rupture of the cervix, urogenital infections, anemia and even delayed uterine development.