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Dinámica de las relaciones y uso de anticonceptivos por parte de las mujeres jóvenes

Christie Sennott¹, Esha Chatterjee², Sara Yeatman³

¹Purdue University.

Sexuality research & social policy : journal of NSRC : SR & SP

|August 26, 2025

Resumen

Las dinámicas de relaciones positivas, como la comunicación y el apoyo, están vinculadas al aumento del uso de anticonceptivos modernos entre las mujeres jóvenes en Malawi. Esto es especialmente cierto para las mujeres solteras que buscan evitar el embarazo.

Área de la Ciencia:

Salud Reproductiva
Sociología
Salud global

Sus antecedentes:

La influencia de la pareja en el uso de anticonceptivos está documentada en el África subsahariana.
Pocos estudios exploran el impacto de la calidad de la relación en el consumo de anticonceptivos.
Esta investigación examina de manera única la dinámica de las relaciones y el uso moderno de anticonceptivos en mujeres jóvenes.

Objetivo del estudio:

Investigar la asociación entre la dinámica de las relaciones positivas y negativas y el uso moderno de anticonceptivos.
Para entender cómo la calidad de la relación influye en las opciones de anticonceptivos entre las mujeres jóvenes en Malawi.
Identificar los factores que pueden facilitar o dificultar el uso de anticonceptivos para el aplazamiento del embarazo.

Principales métodos:

Análisis de los datos de la encuesta de 745 mujeres jóvenes (de 16 a 26 años) en asociaciones en el sur de Malawi (2010-2011).
Incluir medidas para la dinámica positiva de las relaciones (unidad de las relaciones) y la dinámica negativa (desigualdad de poder, violencia de pareja).
Aplicación de modelos de regresión logística para evaluar las asociaciones.

Principales resultados:

La unidad de relación (dinámica positiva) mostró una asociación positiva significativa con el uso de anticonceptivos modernos.
La dinámica de la relación negativa no se asoció significativamente con el uso de anticonceptivos modernos.
El análisis estratificado reveló que el efecto positivo de la unidad de la relación fue impulsado principalmente por mujeres solteras.

Conclusiones:

La dinámica positiva de las relaciones, especialmente entre las parejas no casadas, puede promover el uso de anticonceptivos modernos.
El fortalecimiento de la comunicación y el apoyo dentro de las relaciones puede ayudar a la adopción de anticonceptivos.
Mejorar el acceso a diversos métodos anticonceptivos apoya la autonomía reproductiva de las mujeres jóvenes.

Palabras clave:

La anticoncepción violencia de pareja calidad de la relación Estado de la relación África al sur del Sahara

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