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Humanidades Médicas

versión On-line ISSN 1727-8120

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FONSECA LEON, Alejandro; LLANOS PALMIRA, Lisette Elena  y  HERNANDEZ FLORES, Delmaris. Abortion in adolescence, a social and humanistic problem. Rev Hum Med [online]. 2009, vol.9, n.2. ISSN 1727-8120.

We carried out a cross-sectional, analytic, observational study to assess abortion behavior in adolescents and its significance as a social and humanistic problem at Camagüey’s Ana Betancourt de Mora Maternal Hospital from 2001 to 2008. Out of a universe comprised by 31 876 abortions, we selected a sample of 9 952 cases of adolescents having firstly experienced sex at ages 14 to 17, representing 31, 2 percent. Vaginitis was the most frequent risk factor with 6 478 cases. Oversight and overconfidence motivated lack of contraception use in 5 639 cases. Endometritis and ovular remnants were the most common complications with 265 and 73, respectively. Usually, parents, friends, and school programs are the sources of sex education. Prevention is an important pillar to reduce social and biological complications.

Palabras clave : risk factors; pregnancy in adolescence; abortion applicants.

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