Empowering Adolescent Mothers in the Choice of Contraceptive Methods at the Postpartum Period: Avoiding a Subsequent Pregnancy

Abstract Objective Almost 80% of adolescent pregnancies are unplanned, and between 28 and 63% of adolescent mothers had a repeated pregnancy within 18 months. Among girls with repeated pregnancies, two-thirds reported that the pregnancy was unplanned. We aim to assess contraceptive use by adolesce...

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Main Authors:	Anderson Borovac-Pinheiro, Erica Almeida Ramos Jesus, Fernanda Garanhani Surita
Format:	Artigo
Language:	Inglês
Published:	Federação Brasileira das Sociedades de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia
Series:	Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia
Subjects:	contraception long-acting reversible contraception adolescent postpartum period antenatal education
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/pdf/rbgo/v41n10/1806-9339-rbgo-41-10-607.pdf
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