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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Weisbrot, Mariela A
• Fraguas, Laura
• Espósito, María E
• Camoirano, Juliana
• Sciarreta, Sofía
• Granero, Mariano
• Gauna, Alan
• Weisbrot, María V

Titel

Perceptions of adolescents from Bajo Boulogne, Buenos Aires, Argentina, on teenage pregnancy: A qualitative study

Ist Teil von

• Archivos argentinos de pediatría, 2019-10, Vol.117 (5), p.314-322

Ort / Verlag

Argentina

Erscheinungsjahr

2019

Quelle

EZB Electronic Journals Library

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Parenthood is seen as a role played by adults, so teenage pregnancy is considered a problem. Such perspective is a social construct. This is an intricate, nuanced issue that varies depending on the different populations. Our objectives were obtaining the perceptions about teenage pregnancy from adolescents living in a community in a highly vulnerable social and health situation and explore their thoughts on how it impacted the different spheres of life and decision-making behaviors leading to parenthood in this stage. This was a descriptive, qualitative study done in the city of Boulogne Sur Mer, San Isidro. Adolescents aged 14-19 years were interviewed between January and July 2017. Their opinions about the following were analyzed: teenage pregnancy; the impact of pregnancy on the nuclear family, friends, and school; decision-making and considerations about parenthood; and how the pregnancy process itself was experienced. A total of 20 adolescents participated. It was observed that teenage pregnancy was experienced as problematic and disruptive, and as the result of a complex network of causes. Adolescents and their social circle went through this process with ambiguity, resulting in a distance between what is socially perceived as desirable and what was actually occurring in the neighborhood. Pregnancy arises as a disruptive phenomenon in this stage of life, giving rise to feelings of ambiguity, stigmatization, fear, and loneliness among adolescents.