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0390/2016 - Pregnancy and abortion experience among street children, adolescents and youth
Experiência de gravidez e aborto em crianças, adolescentes e jovens em situação de rua

Author:

• Lucas Neiva-Silva - Neiva-Silva, L - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Programa de Pós-graduação em Saúde Pública, Faculdade de Medicina; ICHI - <lucasneivasilva@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7526-2238

Co-author(s):

• Lauro Miranda Demenech - Demenech, L.M. - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Faculdade de Medicina - <lauro_demenech@hotmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7285-2566
• Laísa Rodrigues Moreira - Moreira, Laísa Rodrigues - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Programa de Pós-graduação em Saúde Pública, Faculdade de Medicina - <laisa.moreira.psi@gmail.com>
• Adriano Trassantes - Trassantes, Adriano - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Programa de Pós-graduação em Saúde Pública, Faculdade de Medicina - <dritrassantes@gmail.com>
• FERNANDA TORRES DE CARVALHO - FERNANDA TORRES DE CARVALHO - PORTO ALEGRE, RIO GRANDE DO SUL - Ambulatório de Dermatologia Sanitária, Secretaria Estadual de Saúde do Rio Grande do Sul - <torresdecarvalho@yahoo.com.br>
• Simone dos Santos Paludo - Paludo, S.S - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Programa de Pós-graduação em Saúde Pública, Faculdade de Medicina - <simonepaludo@yahoo.com.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3281-5824

Thematic Area:

Saúde da Criança e do Adolescente

Abstract:

The aim of this study is to identify the prevalence of pregnancy and abortion experience, along with the associated factors among street children, adolescents and youths in Porto Alegre and Rio Grande, RS, Brazil. The sampling method in this cross-sectional study was the Respondent-Driven Sampling (RDS), innovative to research about hidden populations. 307 subjects, aged 10 to 21 years, were interviewed. In multivariate analysis, it was used Poisson regression with a robust error variance. Most of this sample were males, with no contact with school and family. Almost half of the participants had been on the street for five years or more, spending more than 15 hours per day on the streets. The prevalence of pregnancy experience was 29.3%, independently associated with being a girl, having 10 sexual partners or more in the last year, having a fixed sexual partner in the last year, and being older. The prevalence of abortion experience was 10.4%, independently associated with not living with the family, having more than two pregnancies, and being younger. The high prevalence of pregnancy and abortion experience suggests how necessary is the development of better sexual and reproductive health policies focused on this population.

Keywords:

PregnancyAbortionStreet adolescents

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Neiva-Silva, L, Demenech, L.M., Moreira, Laísa Rodrigues, Trassantes, Adriano, FERNANDA TORRES DE CARVALHO, Paludo, S.S. Pregnancy and abortion experience among street children, adolescents and youth. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2016/Aug). [Citado em 27/09/2024]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/pregnancy-and-abortion-experience-among-street-children-adolescents-and-youth/15816?id=15816



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