ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY AND PREMATURITY

IS THERE AN ASSOCIATION?

Abstract

The objective of this study was to verify the existence of a relationship between premature births and early pregnancies in the municipality of Ponte Nova – MG. For this, secondary data from SINASC was used, consisting of the number of babies born alive to teenage mothers, based on the total records of live births from the years 2008/2018. A total of 2.958 adolescent mothers were observed, analyzing term and preterm births, it was found that most adolescents became pregnant between the ages of 15 and 19, in addition to not having a partner, low education and being predominantly black and brown, demonstrating a family, emotional, economic and social vulnerability. Furthermore, it was observed that the number of prenatal consultations was lower in mothers of premature babies, as for the type of delivery, vaginal was the most common. Using Pearson’s correlation coefficient, the existence of a correlation between teenage pregnancy and prematurity was found to be highly significant given 0.82. Therefore, the present study proved to be necessary, since it evidenced the need to evaluate, discuss and propose intervention measures regarding the early pregnancy of adolescents.