Social factors associated with adolescent pregnancy

Authors

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29076/issn.2602-8360vol7iss12.2023pp37-43p

Keywords:

adolescent pregnancy, sexual behavior, social factors, sexual and reproductive health

Abstract

Pregnancy during adolescence can lead to a number of changes that affect the personal development and lives of adolescent girls. Social factors, such as lack of education in sexual and reproductive health, pose a risk to mother and child, especially in cases where abortion is induced before the age of 20 years. The objective was to determine the social factors related to pregnancy in adolescents attending the gynecology and obstetrics service of the León Becerra Camacho General Hospital of Milagro; also to identify the social and sexual risk behaviors, as well as the characteristics of social behaviors including the consumption of alcoholic substances and drugs, the use of free time and the family environment of the adolescent. A non-experimental descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out. The sample consisted of 250 pregnant adolescents. Observation and interview techniques were used for data collection in order to obtain authentic information directly from the pregnant adolescents and to identify their points of view, attitudes or behaviors that were consistent with the objectives. According to the sociodemographic characteristics, 58% of the adolescents ranged between 16 and 18 years of age. Sixty-nine percent have between one and two children, and the mean age is 17 years with a standard deviation of 2.39. Seventy-nine percent are enrolled in high school, and 81% reported that their first sexual experience was with classmates who identify as their partner.  The social factors associated with adolescent pregnancy in this study were approval of sexual behavior and emotional changes induced by peer group membership. 

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

References

Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS). Investigaciones para una cobertura sanitaria universal. Rev Anal Econ [Internet]. 2013; 9(1):166.

Organización Panamericana de la Salud, Organización Mundial de la Salud, Fondo de Población de las Naciones Unidas, Fondo de las Naciones Unidas para la Infancia. Acelerar el progreso hacia la reducción en la adolescencia en América Latina y el Caribe [Internet]. Washington-EE.UU; 2016.

United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2015 Revision. Key findings & advance tables. New York; 2015.

Vivo S, Saric D, Munoz R, Lopez-Pena P, McCoy S, Bautista-Arredondo S. Guía para medir comportamientos de riesgo en jóvenes [Internet]. Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo División de Protección Social y Salud. 2013.

Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INEC). Documento Metodológico de la Encuesta Nacional de Salud y Nutrición ( ENSANUT ). Quito - Ecuador; 2018.

Ministerio de Salud Pública (MSP). Plan Nacional de Salud Sexual y Reproductiva 2017-2021 Viceministerio de Gobernanza de la Salud Pública. Quito-Ecuador; 2017.

Gispert J. Prevención del embarazo no deseado [Internet]. Primera ed. Alfil, editor. México D.F.: Publidisa Mexicana; 2006. 305 p.

Arriaza M. Guía práctica de análisis de datos. IFAPA. Primera, editor. Córdoba; 2006. 200 p.

Bernal C. Metodología de la Investigación administración, economía, humanidades y ciencias sociales. Pearson Ed. Tercera, editor. Colombia; 2016. 320 p.

Hernández R, Fernández C, Baptista P. Metodología de la Investigación. McGRAW-HIL. Sexta, editor. México D.F.; 2014. 634 p.

Socolov DG, Iorga M, Carauleanu A, Ilea C, Blidaru I, Boiculese L, et al. Pregnancy during Adolescence and Associated Risks: An 8-Year Hospital-Based Cohort Study (2007-2014) in Romania, the Country with the Highest Rate of Teenage Pregnancy in Europe. Biomed Res Int. 2017; 2017(9205016):1-9.

Kar S, Choudhury A, Singh A. Understanding normal development of adolescent sexuality: A bumpy ride. J Hum Reprod Sci. 2015; 8(2):70.

Cercado A, Vera E, Fariño J, Maridueña H, Pacheco L, Real J. Factores psicosociales que influyen en el embarazo de las adolescentes de 12 a 17 años en el colegio Fiscal José María Velasco Ibarra, Ciudad de Milagro-Ecuador 2016. Rev Científica INSPILIP. 2018; 2:18.

Heilborn ML, Cabral CS. A New Look at Teenage Pregnancy in Brazil. ISRN Obstet Gynecol. 2011; 2011(975234):1-7.

Akella D, Jordan M. Impact of Social and Cultural Factors on Teen Pregnancy. Journal Health Dispar Res Pract. 2015; 8(1):41-62.

Mangrulkar L, Whitman CV, Posner M. Life Skills Approach to Child and Adolescent Healthy Human Development. Washington DC,: PAHO; 2013. p. 61

Published

2023-07-27

How to Cite

Social factors associated with adolescent pregnancy. (2023). FACSALUD-UNEMI, 7(12), 37-43. https://doi.org/10.29076/issn.2602-8360vol7iss12.2023pp37-43p