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OBSTETRIC, SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC, AND PSYCHOSOCIAL PROBLEMS OF POSTPARTUM ADOLESCENTS OF HUAMBO, ANGOLA
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Municipal Hospital of Caála. Huambo. Angola.
University José Eduardo dos Santos. Medical School. Huambo. Angola.
Municipal Hospital of Caála. Huambo. Angola.
Agostinho Neto University. Medical School. Department of Physiological Sciences. Luanda. Angola.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Fernandes Figueira. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
University José Eduardo dos Santos. Medical School. Huambo. Angola.
Municipal Hospital of Caála. Huambo. Angola.
Agostinho Neto University. Medical School. Department of Physiological Sciences. Luanda. Angola.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Fernandes Figueira. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Abstract
This study aims to establish a profile of teenage pregnancy (<20 years) at a hospital in Huambo, Angola. Subjects were categorized into two age groups, 10-16 and 17-19 years. We interviewed 381 mothers in the postpartum maternity ward of the Central Hospital of Huambo. Statistical analysis then followed two stages, a descriptive analysis of the study population and analysis through a bivariate 2 × 2 table, using a chi-squared test to evaluate the hypothesis of homogeneity of proportions with a significance level of 5%. Comparing the two groups revealed a more frequent occurrence of problems among mothers under 17 years of age, including a higher frequency of involvement with unemployed parents, more often not living with parents, and fewer prenatal consultations.
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