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Gravidez na adolescência: motivos e percepções de adolescentes

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The main goal is to raise and identify the social-demographic and the gynecological profile of those young ladies, by identifying the reason which led them to pregnancy and by knowing their pereption of it.
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Tratou-se de pesquisa exploratorio-descritiva, realizada de outubro a dezembro de 2002, com 216 adolescentes gravidas assistidas pela Estrategia de Saude da Familia dos municipios pertencentes a Microrregiao de Saude de Acarau, Ceara. Objetivou caracterizar o perfil socio-demografico e gineco-obstetrico destas, identificando o motivo que as levou a engravidar, e saber como percebiam sua gravidez. A maior parte destas tinha 17 anos, eram pardas, alfabetizadas, donas-de-casa, tinham companheiro fixo e viviam com menos de um salario minimo. Destas, 32,4% menstruou aos 12 anos, 25% teve a primeira relacao sexual aos 16 anos e, 72,7% estava na primeira gestacao. Destaca-se o desejo de ser mae como principal motivo para engravidar, e a percepcao em relacao a gravidez esta relacionada com felicidade e realizacao pessoal.

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Gravidez na adolescência no município de santana do acaraú- ceará- brasil: uma análise das causas e riscos

TL;DR: The pregnancy in the adolescence is a problem of public health of social character, that needs the execution of healthy public politics for the reduction and improvement of the quality of the adolescents' life.
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