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0257/2023 - Unplanned pregnancy in the extreme South of Brazil: prevalence, trends and associated factors
Gravidez não planejada no extremo Sul do Brasil: prevalência, tendência e fatores associados

Author:

• Carlota de Fátima Lelis - Lelis, C.F. - <carlotalelis@yahoo.com.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6482-2562

Co-author(s):

• Sílvio Omar Macedo Prietsch - Prietsch, S.O.M - <prietsch@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0222-8768
• Juraci Almeida Cesar - Cesar, J. A. - <juraci.a.cesar@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0864-0486


Abstract:

The study aims to estimate the proportion of puerperae with an unplanned pregnancy, evaluate trends and identify factors associated with its occurrence in Rio Grande (RS), Brazil. Trained interviewers applied a single, standardized questionnaire to all puerperae residing in the municipality in 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016 and 2019. The chi-square test compared proportions and the Poisson regression with robust variance adjustment in the multivariate analysis. The prevalence ratio (RP) was the effect measure employed. The study includes 12,415 puerperae (98% of the total). The unplanned pregnancy rate was 63.3% (95%CI:62.5%-64.1%). After adjusting, the highest RP for not planning pregnancy were observed among younger, black women, living without a partner, with more significant household agglomeration, lower schooling, and household income, multiparous and smokers. The rate of unplanned pregnancy is high and stable, with a higher propensity among women those with the highest risk of unfavorable events during pregnancy and childbirth. Reaching these women in high schools, companies, services and health professionals, in addition to the mass media, can be strategies to prevent unplanned pregnancy.

Keywords:

Unplanned pregnancy; Unwanted pregnancy; Risk factors; Reproductive health; Fertile period.

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Lelis, C.F., Prietsch, S.O.M, Cesar, J. A.. Unplanned pregnancy in the extreme South of Brazil: prevalence, trends and associated factors. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2023/Sep). [Citado em 19/09/2024]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/unplanned-pregnancy-in-the-extreme-south-of-brazil-prevalence-trends-and-associated-factors/18883?id=18883&id=18883



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