Teenage Pregnancy: A Product of Various Social and Health Factors.
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2013-12
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A Context: The practice of child marriage in rural India
is deeply rooted in cultural values. Despite laws that prohibit
child marriage, the practice is still extremely prevalent in
many regions. Most of adolescent fertility occurs within
marriage. High adolescent fertility contributes to an elevated
risk of maternal death and disability especially in adolescent
girls Objectives: To find out prevalence of teenage
pregnancy, its socio-demographic relationship and some
health problems associated with teenage pregnancy in rural
area. Settings and Design: A cross sectional study was
carried out in three primary health centres of Pune District
in Maharashtra state. Methods and Material: Total number
of 547 who consented to participate were included in the
study. Questions on demographic profile, obstetric history
were asked. The antenatal mothers were clinically examined
and investigated for any health problems. Statistical analysis
used: Chi square test for linear trend. Results: There were
218(39.9%) teenagers. Most of the teenagers were less
educated, housewives. Majority of the teenagers were
pregnant for the first time but repeated pregnancies and
abortions were also observed. The health problems like
anemia, hypertension and edema feet were significantly high
in adolescent pregnant girls in our study. Conclusions:
Teenage pregnancies put mothers at high-risks to many
health-related complications thereby affecting the maternal
mortality.
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pregnancy in adolescents, adolescence, teenage pregnancy, teenage, teenager
Citation
Raghav P R, Bhutani S T, Chaudhari S N, Bamane S S. Teenage Pregnancy: A Product of Various Social and Health Factors. Indian Medical Gazette. 2013 Dec ; 147 (12): 444-448.