Incidencia y prevalencia de embarazo en adolescentes

Abstract

Adolescence is the period between 10 and 19 years of age. It is characterized by physical, psychological, and social changes, where pregnancy is a public health concern due to its repercussions on the health and maintenance of young women's growth and development process. This documentary review aimed to determine the incidence and prevalence of teenage pregnancy using a quantitative, descriptive, analytical, and bibliographic methodology, with a compilation of 29 publications by various authors, 17 of which were selected after the application of the PRISMA method, showing that there is an incidence of early pregnancy of 10.8% and a prevalence of 16.7%. Moreover, predisposing factors to the problem, mainly lack of sex education (74%), besides the early initiation of sexual activity (42%), early cohabitation with a partner (47.8%), lack of access to sexual activity (42%), the lack of access to abortion (47.8%), and the lack of access to health services (47.8%). 8 %), lack of access to contraceptive methods (54.8%), economic level (68.5%), family dysfunction (36.4%), low schooling (41.3%), history of violence (21.6%) and substance abuse (26.7%). It concludes that there is a high incidence and prevalence of teenage pregnancy. Therefore, it recommends strengthening sex education and promoting access to contraceptive methods as the principal health prevention measures.