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| Author(s): |
Rosalina Ogido
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Saúde Pública (FSP/CIR) |
| Defense date: | 2011-03-15 |
| Examining board members: |
Néia Schor;
Augusta Thereza de Alvarenga;
Ana Luiza Vilela Borges;
Carmen Simone Grilo Diniz;
Katia Cibelle Machado Pirotta
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| Advisor: | Néia Schor |
| Abstract | |
Introduction Centro de Orientação ao Adolescente de Campinas- COMEC is a nongovernmental organization that maintain a program whose goal is to capability adolescents aged 15 to 18 years, economically disadvantaged, students, residents in Campinas and region for entering the labor market . During this period, some adolescents became pregnant and became mothers. Objectives - The general objective is to understand life projects of adolescents who became pregnant and became mothers while participating in the COMEC´s program, in the period of 2003 to 2008, seeking to find the position of motherhood and professional life in the life trajectory before and with motherhood. Method - Quantitative methodology was used to construct the followed adolescents profile from 1992 to 2009, from the database of the institution. For the period 2003 to 2008, 17 teenagers became mothers. Eight were interviewed after orientation and after signing an informed consent, and qualitative methodology was applied for the interviews analysis. Results - The majority of the 1601 registered adolescents were born and lived in Campinas and were studying the second grade school. The eight young mothers interviewed reported knowledge about contraceptive methods and STD prevention, however, all reported unplanned pregnancies. The trajectories of study and work have been discontinued or have been adapted with motherhood. Four young people have completed high school and none had entered university. Three did not return to work and the rest had diverse experiences of work. The related difficulties to the integration into the labor market were inadequate instruments to support the children´s care, low income, lack of work experience, presence of small children and little education background. The financial dependency and loss of freedom are factors of frustration and the experience of maternal love appears as a positive experience. Final Considerations - The programs of sexual and reproductive education targeted at adolescents should consider not only technical information but also other aspects related to this phase of life. The teenage motherhood has not indicated the exclusion of educational or work projects but indicates adjustments to these projects and the need for a family network and social support. It was noted the need for public policies for the inclusion of youth in the labor market, to care for adolescent reproductive health and support services such as nurseries for working mothers. Also, it demonstrates the need for a change in gender relations, with greater equality of rights as necessary precondition for the inclusion of women and especially those who are mothers in the labor market (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 08/10714-2 - Does all girl look for a fairy tale? Adolescence, maternity and job market: a question in construction |
| Grantee: | Rosalina Ogido |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate |