Publicación:

Factores presentes en el emabarazo adolescente en una institución de Riohacha 2016-2018

Resumen

Currently adolescent pregnancies are a reality in all Colombian institutions, and undoubtedly an important point of analysis, in terms of associated factors, such as: lack of education, unstructured families, and lack of sexual education in institutions framed under psychosocial, educational and even cultural dimension. Objective: To determine the factors presents with pregnancy in adolescents in an institution in Riohacha, La Guajira. Materials and methods: A sample of 100 adolescents with a diagnosis of pregnancy was taken to carry out a cross-sectional study, through the application of a survey to those who were between 10 and 19 years old who entered for prenatal control, vaccination and maternity in the E.S.E in order to establish which are the factors that most influence pregnancy at an early age. Results: According to the result of the study, an incidence was observed at the beginning of the sexual life of adolescents between 14 and 15 years old, being the lack of information the reason that greater proportion is presented as a reason for pregnancy, without leaving aside the cultural aspects and the motivations that lead teenagers to carry out the beginning of this activity. The present investigation will serve as a guide to institutions and researchers that seek to establish which are the factors that most influence pregnancy in adolescents.