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Using a Murine Model of Psychosocial Stress in Pregnancy as a Translationally Relevant Paradigm for Psychiatric Disorders in Mothers and Infants
Published on: June 13, 2021
[Maternity in adolescence: a challenge to face]
Ana Maria de Almeida1, Ruth França Cizino da Trindade, Flávia Azevedo Gomes
1Departamento de Enfermagem Materno infantil e Saúde Pública, Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo. amalmeid@eerp.usp.br
This study acknowledged how maternity interfered on the life project of adolescent mothers. Data were collected from a maternity hospital in a city located in the countryside of São Paulo state, Brazil, over a three-month period. One hundred and forty adolescents participated in this study, 77% of them were in a marital relationship. Most adolescents had elementary school education, 31.4% were attending school when they became pregnant. At the end of pregnancy, 60% quit school in order to take care of their children. Those who went back to school could count on support from their families. Most of them will remain out of the labor market and those who do work rely on family support for the care of their children. Results showed the need to reorganize services with differentiated methodological approaches aiming at achieving the precepts provided in the guidelines for sexual and reproductive rights.
This study acknowledged how maternity interfered on the life project of adolescent mothers. Data were collected from a maternity hospital in a city located in the countryside of São Paulo state, Brazil, over a three-month period. One hundred and forty adolescents participated in this study, 77% of them were in a marital relationship. Most adolescents had elementary school education, 31.4% were attending school when they became pregnant. At the end of pregnancy, 60% quit school in order to take care of their children. Those who went back to school could count on support from their families. Most of them will remain out of the labor market and those who do work rely on family support for the care of their children. Results showed the need to reorganize services with differentiated methodological approaches aiming at achieving the precepts provided in the guidelines for sexual and reproductive rights.
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