Na literatura acadêmica, são escassos os estudos sobre gravidez na adolescência em jovens que não vivenciaram a gestação. Este artigo teve como objetivo investigar e analisar os significados da gravidez na adolescência para adolescentes sem histórico de gestação. Participaram 37 adolescentes sem histórico de gravidez (22 homens e 15 mulheres) entre 12 e 18 anos. Foi utilizado como instrumento o procedimento des...
A pregnant adolescent's vulnerability increases when she is a victim of intrafamilial violence and drug addiction, which cause physical and biopsychosocial damage to the mother and her baby. Objective Present and analyze the case of an adolescent who is addicted to drugs, pregnant and the victim of lifelong intrafamilial violence. Method A case study based on a semi-structured interview conducted in the Obstetr...
OBJECTIVES: to determine how Family Health Strategy professionals recognize and deal with domestic violence in pregnant women. METHOD: qualitative study based on the Theory of Praxis Intervention in Collective Health Nursing (TIPESC). Fourteen professionals at a Basic Health Unit in the east side of Sao Paulo/Brazil were interviewed. Empirical data were categorized and discussed in thematic groups. For data ana...
Epidemiological statistics confirm that 60% of pregnant women were victims of intimate partner violence during marriage and 20% of them suffered severe physical and psychological violence during pregnancy (DURANT, 2006). This study is part of a larger project entitled “Study of domestic violence against pregnant adolescents in a health primary care service in East Zone of São Paulo City: Basis for intervention”...
Domestic violence is a serious public health problem, since it directly affects physical and psychological integrity of the victims (Carvalho-Barreto et al, 2009). This study is part of a larger project entitled “Study of domestic violence against pregnant teenagers atended at the University Hospital of São Paulo: bases for intervention/ CNPq” (Salcedo-Barrientos, 2013). This is a prospective, descriptive and e...