Family context and individual situation of teens before, during and after pregnancy in Mexico City
Por:
Sámano R., Martínez-Rojano H., Robichaux D., Rodríguez-Ventura A.L., Sánchez-Jiménez B., de la Luz Hoyuela M., Godínez E., Segovia S.
Publicada:
1 ene 2017
Categoría:
Obstetrics and gynecology
Resumen:
Background: In the last 20 years, adolescent pregnancy has become one of the most critical problems affecting women in Latin America and the Caribbean. Methods: This qualitative study was based on in-depth interviews with 29 teen mothers. All of the pregnant teens were from low- to lower-middle-class social strata in the Mexico City metropolitan area. The family (living with the girl) and the individual context of pregnant teens were analysed on the basis of data from at least three interviews: during pregnancy and at approximately 6 and 24 months following delivery. Additionally, six mothers, four fathers, and four partners of the pregnant girls of the group were interviewed. The information on the individual and family situation before, during and after the pregnancy was recorded and transcribed, then analysed in three phases, comprising pre-analysis, exploration and interpretation. Results: The pregnant teens had a family background of teen pregnancy. The girls disclosed feelings of repression, loneliness and indifference to their parents, leading them to unprotected sexual relations without fear of pregnancy. After the pregnancy, communication improved between the girls and their parents, but became worse with their partner. Consequently, these teens returned to feeling as they did before getting pregnant. They stated that they would make their situation work for the sake of their child, and regretted dropping out of school and getting pregnant so young. Almost all said they were seeking love outside the family, which revealed a scenario of limited communication and unsatisfactory relations within the family. Conclusions: Understanding how communication works between parents and children is necessary to avoid teenage pregnancy, as well as early marriage or cohabitation, resulting in dropping out of school and financial constraints, which lead to great frustrations between the couple and affects the child. In addition, it is vitally important that adolescents be motivated in the family setting in order for them to continue their studies. There is also an urgent need to implement measures that compensate for educational inequality, as well as to strengthen strategies aimed at adolescent mothers and pregnant teens that encourage their school performance through the support of scholarship programs and day care centres. Many of the problems inherent in adolescence are related to the lack of affection and support, and in many cases are a reaction to authoritarian rules or limits established unilaterally by parents with little or no dialogue involved. © 2017 The Author(s).
Filiaciones:
Sámano R.:
Instituto Nacional de Perinatología, Departamento de Nutrición y Bioprogramación, Mexico City, Mexico
Martínez-Rojano H.:
Escuela Superior de Medicina del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Departamento de Posgrado e Investigación, Colonia Casco de Santo Tomas, Delegación Miguel Hidalgo, Plan de San Luis y Díaz Mirón s/n, Ciudad de México, 11340, Mexico
Robichaux D.:
Universidad Iberoamericana, Posgrado en Antropología Social, Departamento de Ciencias Sociales, Mexico City, Mexico
Rodríguez-Ventura A.L.:
Instituto Nacional de Perinatología, Departamento de Nutrición y Bioprogramación, Mexico City, Mexico
Sánchez-Jiménez B.:
Instituto Nacional de Perinatología, Departamento de Nutrición y Bioprogramación, Mexico City, Mexico
de la Luz Hoyuela M.:
Universidad del Valle de México, Mexico City, Mexico
Godínez E.:
Instituto Nacional de Perinatología, Departamento de Nutrición y Bioprogramación, Mexico City, Mexico
Segovia S.:
Centro Nacional para la Salud de la Infancia y la Adolescencia, Secretaría de Salud, Mexico City, Mexico
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