Perfil de adolescentes grávidas com história de violência doméstica

• Autor(a) principal: Mota, Rosana Santos
• Data de Publicação: 2013
• Outros Autores: Santos, Mariana Matias, Rodrigues, Adriana Diniz, Camargo, Climene Laura de, Gomes, Nadirlene Pereira, Diniz, Normélia Maria Freire
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC)
• Texto Completo: http://www.repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/11732
• topic: Gravidez na Adolescência; Violência Doméstica

This quantitative study aims to evaluate pregnant adolescents in relation to socio demographic, gynecological and obstetric aspects and the experience of domestic violence. The subjects were 34 pregnant adolescents who got prenatal care in the city of São Francisco do Conde (Bahia, Brazil). Interviews were conducted. The majority of pregnant adolescents was between 16 and 19 years old and was single, black, non-educated, and financially dependent on parents or husband/partner, having initiated a sexual relationship before the age of 15. More than 40% declared a history of domestic violence. Some of them revealed the experience of domestic violence during pregnancy. In face of this reality, a professional look is necessary in order to recognize domestic violence as an aggravating factor to the health of these adolescents, a fact which has not been perceived in health care.