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YEAR: 1991

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Adolescent pregnancy -- a prospective survey of contraceptive knowledge and

reproductive behaviour.

AUTHORS

Mahomed K; Masona D

SOURCE

CENTRAL AFRICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE. 1991 Oct;37(10):316-21.

ABSTRACT

Health workers interviewed 200 16-year-old or younger women who just delivered at Harare Maternity Hospital in

Harare, Zimbabwe, to determine those factors related to teenager behavior that can be targeted for intervention to

reduce adolescent pregnancies. They also spoke to 200 at least 20-year old primigravidas at the hospital for

comparison purposes. 85% of the teenagers had only 1 sexual partner. Sexual activity and pregnancy occurred

following a relatively short period of friendship (45% were friends for =or< 6 months before pregnancy and 28% for

=or< 3 months). 95% had never used contraception, making lack of contraceptive use a major determinant of teenage

pregnancy. Yet, most controls (87%) also did not use contraception. The high nonuse of contraception may have

reflected the cultural need to prove fertility. Further, 60% did not even know about contraception, thus insufficient

knowledge was another major factor leading to adolescent pregnancy. The teenagers received most support from

their relatives (56%, followed by his relatives (16%), spouse (6%), and medial staff (3%). 35% of the men who

impregnated the teenagers abandoned them. Just 14% of the partners either believed it was completely their

responsibility or joint responsibility to use family planning methods. These results indicated that the purpose of

educational programs should be to build healthy attitudes towards sexuality and childbearing, and they should begin

prior to adolescent years. They should also aim to use peer pressure to reduce adolescent pregnancies. The

community also needs to target sex education messages towards parents. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT3T

2092-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Adolescent pregnancy -- a prospective survey of

contraceptive knowledge and reproductive behaviour.", is(are) Mahomed K; Masona D. The source of this article is

"CENTRAL AFRICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE. 1991 Oct;37(10):316-21.". This article was published in 1991 in

English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT3T 2092-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN:

12092

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