Embarazo en la adolescencia y su relación con la deserción escolar / The relationship between teenage pregnancy and school desertion
Rev. méd. Chile
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132(1): 65-70, ene. 2004. tab
Artigo
em Espanhol
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ABSTRACT
Background:
In Chile, the prevalence of teenage pregnancy is 17 percent.Aim:
To assess relationship between adolescent pregnancy and school desertion. Patients andmethods:
At the Hospital Guillermo Grant Benavente's Departament of Obstetrics and Gynecology, in Concepción, Chile, 2001 a comparative, cross sectional and correlational study was conducted. The study group were pregnant adolescents who deserted from school system, divided in two subgroups 86 adolescents who deserted before pregnancy and 130 who deserted during pregnancy.Results:
Twenty percent of teenagers that deserted from school before pregnancy belonged to a sublevel of poverty, compared with 5 percent of those who deserted during pregnancy. Flunk was frequent in both but higher in girls that deserted before pregnancy (46.5 and 36.9 percent respectively, (p <0.001). Economic problems were the main cause of desertion before pregnancy (27.6 percent). Shame (41.6 percent) and obstetric complications (31.7 percent) were the main reasons for deserting during pregnancy. Seventy percent of adolescents who deserted before pregnancy had no educational, working or recreational activities. The parental educational level of both groups was low.Conclusions:
There is a relationship between teenage pregnancy and school desertion. Adolescents who deserted from school before pregnancy are more vulnerable (Rev Méd Chile 2004; 132 65-70).
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Assunto principal:
Gravidez na Adolescência
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Evasão Escolar
Tipo de estudo:
Fatores de risco
Limite:
Adolescente
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Feminino
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Humanos
País/Região como assunto:
América do Sul
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Chile
Idioma:
Espanhol
Revista:
Rev. méd. Chile
Assunto da revista:
Medicina
Ano de publicação:
2004
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
País de afiliação:
Chile
Instituição/País de afiliação:
Universidad de Concepción/CL
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