Necesidades educativas en salud perinatal en madres de adolescentes embarazadas / Educational needs in perinatal health among mothers of pregnant adolescents

RESUMO

This presents the results of a descriptive, transverse study of 95 mothers of pregnant adolescents users of the Instituto Nacional de PerinatologÝa who were applied an interview to know formally their educational necessities in that situation, since, in spite of its good faith or intention, their advice, actions or the necessary information can be insufficient or inadequate. Programs to guide the parents during the pregnancy of their daughters are practically nonexistent. The purpose of the study is to have information to design an educational strategy that contributes to strengthen the psychosocial net of support for the pregnant adolescents. It was found that most of the parents have labor activity low renumerated, with scholarship average smaller to 10 years; near the 0.40 they are not married, and that the predominant maternal occupation is housewife. It was documented that the average age when the mothers had their first pregnancy it was 20 years. Their general knowledge on reproduction and associate risks showed deficiencies, especially in opportune identification of signs of alarm of the pregnancy and family planning. The preexistence of myths and risky popular beliefs are frequent. Most accepted not to have information to offer appropriate support to their daughters during the pregnancy. A 0.86 accepted that such an event caused diverse changes in the family dynamics. A 0.90 showed good disposition to attend educational courses.