Author:

• Ana Alice de Araújo Damasceno - Damasceno, A.A.A - <anaalice_czs@hotmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7975-7791

Co-author(s):

• Marly Augusto Cardoso - Cardoso, M.A - <marlyac@usp.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0973-3908

Abstract:

The objective of this study was to investigate the socioeconomic and obstetric characteristics of adolescent mothers and their complications on maternal and neonatal health. This is a baseline data analysis of the MINA-Brazil birth cohort conducted in the municipality of Cruzeiro do Sul, state of Acre. The chi-square test was used to compare characteristics of adolescent and adult postpartum women, and multiple Poisson regression models with robust variance were used to assess associated factors. Among the postpartum women studied, 26.2% (95%CI: 24.0-28.4) were adolescents. Factors associated with childbirth in adolescence were having 9 years of education or less (RPaj:1.36; 95%CI: 1.14-1.61), belonging to the lowest quartiles of the wealth index (1st quartile: ARPj:1 .40; 95%CI: 1.08-1.80) (2nd quartile: RPaj:1.37; 95%CI: 1.08-1.74), primigravidae (RPaj:3.69; 95%CI: 2 .98-4.57), low pre-pregnancy BMI (RPaj:1.28; CI95%: 1.04-1.57), urinary tract infection in pregnancy (RPaj:1.25; CI95%: 1.07- 1.46) and less than 6 prenatal consultations (RPaj:1.42; 95%CI: 1.21-1.66). Poverty, low education, primigravidae, low pre-pregnancy BMI, urinary tract infection during pregnancy and fewer prenatal consultations were associated with childbirth during adolescence in a municipality in the north region of Brazil.

Keywords:

Teenage pregnancy; Childbirth; Prenatal care.

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