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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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Federação Brasileira das Sociedades de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia
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| Series: | Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/pdf/rbgo/v41n10/1806-9339-rbgo-41-10-607.pdf |