Adolescent pregnancy in Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre, Brazil: 1 socioeconomic characteristics, prenatal and obstetric care

Autor(es)

Damasceno, Ana Alice de Araujo ; Cardoso, Marly Augusto

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: Ciênc. saúde coletiva; v. 29, n. 1, p. 12-pg., 2024-01-01.

Resumo

The present study aimed to investigate the socioeconomic and obstetric characteristics of adolescent mothers and the complications they cause to maternal and neonatal health. This baseline data analysis of the MINA-Brazil birth cohort was conducted in the municipality of Cruzeiro do Sul, state of Acre, Brazil. The chi-square test was used to compare characteristics of adolescent and adult postpartum women, and multiple Poisson regression models with robust variance were used to assess associated factors. Among the postpartum women, 26.2% (95%CI: 24.0-28.4) were adolescents. Factors associated with child-birth in adolescence included: nine years or less of schooling (adjPR:1.36; 95%CI: 1.14-1.61), be-longs to the lowest quartiles of the wealth index (1st quartile: adjPR:1.40; 95%CI: 1.08-1.80) (2nd quartile: adjPR:1.37; 95%CI: 1.08-1.74), primigravidae (adjPR:3.69; 95%CI: 2.98-4.57), low pre-pregnancy BMI (adjPR:1.28; CI95%: 1.04-1.57), urinary tract infection during pregnancy (adjPR:1.25; CI95%: 1.07-1.46) and less than six prenatal consultations (adjPR:1.42; 95%CI: 1.21-1.66). Poverty, little schooling, primigravidae, low pre-pregnancy BMI, urinary tract infection during pregnancy and few prenatal consultations were associated with childbirth during adolescence in a municipality in the Northern region of Brazil. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 16/00270-6 - Estudo MINA - Materno-Infantil no Acre: coorte de nascimentos da Amazônia Ocidental Brasileira
• Beneficiário: Marly Augusto Cardoso
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Temático