ASSISTANCE TO ABORTION IN ADOLESCENTS SEEN AT A MATERNITY IN THE AMAZON REGION, FROM JANUARY TO JUNE 2021

• DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.159272213028

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• Abstract:

   Adolescence, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), is a phase of human development that goes from 10 to 19 years of age, constituting a time of discoveries and uncertainties, especially with regard to sexual and reproductive development. At this stage, many young women start their sexual life early, where many times, due to the non-use or misuse of contraceptive methods, they end up in cases of unplanned pregnancy, which, due to the confluence of some factors, leads to the abortion process. Maternal medical-obstetric complications of teenage pregnancy often include spontaneous or induced abortion, anemia, birth dystocia, and gestational hypertension. Of these, without a doubt, the complication that is most associated with physical and psychological damage is abortion. In addition, complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period are the 10th leading cause of death among Brazilian adolescents. Abortion among adolescents is associated with cultural factors, the social role of the adolescent, social class, economic resources and access to health services, thus becoming an important cause of maternal mortality, especially in countries where it is not legal. 

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