Empowering Adolescent Mothers in the Choice of Contraceptive Methods at the Postpartum Period: Avoiding a Subsequent Pregnancy

• Hauptverfasser: Anderson Borovac-Pinheiro (VerfasserIn), Erica Almeida Ramos Jesus (VerfasserIn), Fernanda Garanhani Surita (VerfasserIn)
• Format: Buch
• Veröffentlicht: Federação Brasileira das Sociedades de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia.
• Schlagworte: article
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Abstract Objective Almost 80% of adolescent pregnancies are unplanned, and between 28 and 63% of adolescent mothers had a repeated pregnancy within 18 months. Among girls with repeated pregnancies, two-thirds reported that the pregnancy was unplanned. We aim to assess contraceptive use by adolescent...