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A Modified Trier Social Stress Test for Vulnerable Mexican American Adolescents
Published on: July 10, 2017
[Adolescense pregnancy in a marginalized rural community in Mexico]
Alberto Jiménez-González1, José Arturo Granados-Cosme2, Roselia Arminda Rosales-Flores3
1Secretaría de Salud del Estado de Puebla. Puebla, México.
Objective::
To identify objective and subjective conditions in the lives of pregnant teens within a highly-marginalized community in the state of Puebla, Mexico.
Materials And Methods::
Objective and subjective conditions of pregnant teens were evaluated through a mixed methodology (surveys, observation guides and a structured interview guide).
Results::
The main family characteristic is the absence of a father due to migration, no desire to study or work and the new meaning of pregnancy: the initial social stigma for engaging in a sexual activity and then, the stigma for being a young mother.
Conclusions::
Objective conditions show family disintegration, lack of access to education at the community, high school and college level as well as unemployment as processes linked to teen pregnancy; thus, making it practically impossible to develop life goals. Subjective conditions center around the reproduction of gender stereotypes related to maternity.
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