title: [Profile of adolescents with repeated pregnancies attended at a prenatal clinic].
abstract: This study identified the biopsychosocial profile of adolescent with repeated pregnancies, who were attended at a prenatal clinic. Data were collected through patient records and interviews and were subject to quantitative analysis. Based on the obtained results and in accordance with literature, factors that are strongly associated with the occurrence of pregnancy repetition were selected in the adolescents' profiles. These are: early menarche; first sexual intercourse shortly after menarche; school repetition; school dropout; non remunerated occupation; low family income; involvement with older partners; living with the partner; consensual union with the partner; one partner; low condom use; family history of adolescent pregnancy; father's absence because of death or abandonment; positive family reaction to previous pregnancy; previous abortion; adolescent's positive concepts about previous delivery; and absence from previous postpartum consultations.
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas. lia@widesoft.com.br
authors.forename: Lia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Persona
authors.forename: Antonieta Keiko Kakuda
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Shimo
authors.forename: Maria Celina
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Tarallo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011253:Pregnancy in Adolescence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011295:Prenatal Care