Fatores de risco na repetição de gravidez na adolescência

Abstract

This study was intended to outline the biopsy-chosocial profile of teenagers with repeated pregnancy and to determine the associated factors. it was inquired for sociodemographic, biologic and psychologic variables of 50 teen-agers during their second pregnancy. Data analized using descriptive statistics show that most teenagers in the study didn’t go to school regularly and lived in a stable union; 54% of them didn’t use contraceptive meth-ods in their first sexual intercourse, while 88% had never participated in family plan-ning programs. it is concluded that the public policies of sexual and reproductive education should identify sexual risk behaviors and act in the construction of family values and in the planned pregnancy