Abstract
Objective : to uncover the repercussions of pregnancy during adolescence on the life of women in adulthood. Methods: a qualitative study performed in a Basic Health Unit. Individual data were collected and recorded with seven women for data collection. For the organization of the data, the Thematic Categories Analysis was adopted. Results: three categories emerged: recalling the experiences of pregnancy in adolescence, positive and negative repercussions of teenage pregnancy in the view of women and rescuing knowledge about contraceptive methods in adolescence. Conclusion: the pregnancy occurred in adolescence had positive repercussions when reporting the development of responsibility and maturity, the constitution of a family, and being a mother. As for the negative aspects, the following were observed: the non-completion of the studies; fear of having another child; responsibility; difficulty in reaching plans for the future.
Highlights
Adolescence is a period of transition of great importance in a person’s life, entails several changes in his physical, social and psychic state, which can lead adolescents to face conflicts and crises
The practical applicability of this study is to provide subsidies for the production of coping strategies for teenage pregnancy, ways to continue studying and avoid an unplanned second pregnancy
Teenage pregnancy was perceived in different ways by the women who experienced it
Summary
Adolescence is a period of transition of great importance in a person’s life, entails several changes in his physical, social and psychic state, which can lead adolescents to face conflicts and crises. Comparison of the 2000 and 2010 Census data with regard to the pregnancy of young people shows that the proportion of women aged 15-19 with at least one live birth child decreased from 14.8% in 2000 to 11.8% in 2010. This indicator showed that most of the municipalities in the North, Northeast and Center-West regions, besides Paraná, presented values higher than the national average(4)
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