The Interruption of Pregnancy Amongst Adolescents: epidemiologic aspects in a public (stately run) maternity in northeast Brazil

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2012

Authors

Belmino Chaves, JHB (Author) Other; Pessini, L (Author) Other; de Sousa Bezerra, AFD (Author) Other; Rego, G (Author) Other; Rui Nunes (Author) FMUP

Journal

Title: Saúde e Sociedade

Vol. 21

Pages: 246-256

ISSN: 0104-1290

Publisher: Universidade de São Paulo

Indexing

ISI Web of Knowledge - 2 Citations

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-002-GFS

Abstract (EN): The induced abortion is widely practiced by women in the context illegal in Brazil, considered a public health issue. To understand the complications and the clinical, behavioral and socio-demographic aspects and type of abortion in adolescents undergoing uterine curettage. A descriptive method based on interviews using a structured questionnaire related to the care of 201 adolescents with incomplete abortion and that underwent curettage in a hospital of the Health System, Maceio - Alagoas. Adolescents at risk of causing abortion are over sixteen, brown, with a stable partner, with either a wanted or an unwanted first pregnancy, gestational age less than 15 weeks; rare complications related to abortion, and the classification of World Health Organization, induced abortion in 98.01% of cases. Among the certainly caused miscarriages, 89.19% reported the use of misoprostol, which enhance greater public investment in assisting the use of contraceptives among adolescents by respecting their sexual and reproductive rights.

Language: Portuguese

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 11