Abstract
Evaluating and Improving upon Ecuador's Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Policies in an Era of Increased Urgency.
Highlights
Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is the only region worldwide in which incidence rates of pregnancy for adolescents younger than 15 years of age is increasing [1]
SADAs was formed based on the assumption that adolescent pregnancy was the result of health education knowledge gaps that could be bridged by increasing access to trustworthy, non-condescending, approachable health professionals who only served adolescents
The demographic census released before SADAs in 2005 reported that 96% of women in Ecuador between the ages of 15 and
Summary
Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is the only region worldwide in which incidence rates of pregnancy for adolescents younger than 15 years of age is increasing [1]. Given the prior association between disease outbreaks and AP, the COVID-19 pandemic presents an urgent international concern for adolescent reproductive health. COVID-19 underlines the need to evaluate and learn from prior health policy in strategizing more effective AP prevention legislation.
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