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Epidemiological characteristics of puerperal women interned at public maternity hospital in João Pessoa in 2014
Características epidemiológicas das puérperas internadas em maternidade pública de João Pessoa no ano de 2014
Caracteristicas epidemiologicas de las mujeres internadas en maternidad pública en João Pessoa en 2014
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Abstract Objective: To know epidemiological characteristics of puerperal women of Frei Damião Maternity Hospital in the period from January to July in 2014. Method: Epidemiological, prospective and cross-sectional study. Used non-probability sampling technique with 400 mothers interviewed with help of a form... view more
Objective: To know epidemiological characteristics of puerperal women of Frei Damião Maternity Hospital in the period from January to July in 2014. Method: Epidemiological, prospective and cross-sectional study. Used non-probability sampling technique with 400 mothers interviewed with help of a form. For analysis, algebraic tables, SPSS and chi-squared test were used. Results: High prevalence of adolescents aged between 15 and 17 years old, born and coming from urban areas, with no kinship to the newborn's father, with no history of abortions, low level of education, menarche at 12 years old, first sexual intercourse by the age of 16, and the newborn's father with an average age of 27. Conclusion: From these results, we can understand the profile of pregnant women at Frei Damião Maternity Hospital. It can help improve services, providing a care focused on adolescents needs, and preventing pregnancy on that age.... view less
Keywords
epidemiology; hospital; motherhood; adolescence; pregnancy; health; adolescent; care; Brazil; Latin America; South America
Classification
Medical Sociology
Sociology of the Youth, Sociology of Childhood
Document language
English
Publication Year
2017
Page/Pages
p. 503-509
Journal
Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental Online, 9 (2017) 2
DOI
https://doi.org/10.9789/2175-5361.2017.v9i2.503-509
ISSN
2175-5361
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed