Adolescent pregnancy: topic for reflection in health policies

Authors

  • Maristela Costa Oliveira

Keywords:

adolescent pregnancy, health policies, sexual and reproductive health

Abstract

Subject matter of this paper is pregnancy in adolescence. The
occurrence of pregnancy in this phase of the human development is conditioned by political, economical, social, cultural and subjective aspects. The present analysis about this theme assumes the notion of human rights and the acknowledgment of children and adolescents as subjects of rights, enunciated by de national and international legal means. Though it represents only one dimension of the reproductive health, and, according to factual data presented along this paper, there has been a reduction in fertility and birth rates, the phenomenon of adolescent pregnancy can be considered an important indicator of the conditions for the effective exercise of sexual and reproductive rights among adolescents. Departing from this understanding, the paper tries to contribute to the debate in order to realize the sexual and reproductive health and concretize the strategies oriented to the formulation of such health policies, which promote the integral health care of adolescents.

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Author Biography

Maristela Costa Oliveira

Possui graduação em Serviço Social pela Universidade de Caxias do Sul (1990), mestrado em Educação pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (1998) e doutorado em direitos humanos e desenvolvimento pela Universidade Pablo de Olavide, Sevilha/Espanha (2007). É Assistente Social da Secretaria Estadual de Saúde do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul. Tem experiência prática e de docência na área de Serviço Social, atuando em Gestão e Planejamento, Política de Saúde, Direitos Humanos com ênfase nos Direitos de Crianças e Adolescentes.

Published

2012-12-07

How to Cite

Oliveira, M. C. (2012). Adolescent pregnancy: topic for reflection in health policies. Sociedade Em Debate, 16(2), 233-253. Retrieved from https://rle.ucpel.edu.br/rsd/article/view/681