PREGNANCY PLANNING IN ADOLESCENCE

Abstract

Objective: to analyze the pregnancy planning of adolescents according to the London Measure of Unplanned Pregnancy (LMUP) classification. Method: a case-control study was carried out with 86 pregnant adolescents (cases) and 86 young pregnant women with no history of pregnancy in adolescence (controls), in Family Health Strategy units of Cuiabá-MT, from August to November 2016. The exposure and outcome variables were analyzed using bivariate analysis to test the association between pregnancy in adolescence and several independent variables.Results: 63.9% of the adolescent pregnancies were classified as ambivalent, followed by unplan-ned, although they were desired, noting that 63.7% did not use contraception in the month in which they became pregnant.Conclusion: the study identified that the adolescent pregnancies were desired, however, unplan-ned, revealing the ambiguity between intention and action, thus contributing to better comprehen-sion and guidance in the reproductive planning of adolescents.

Keywords

• Pregnancy in adolescence
• Unplanned Pregnancy
• Pregnancy
• Adolescent
• Contraception