title: [Social factors associated with the use of obstetrical health care services among Cameroonian teenagers].
abstract: Social factors associated with the use of obstetrical health care services among Cameroonian teenagers. The specific objective of this study is to research the social factors of the use of obstetrical health care services among Cameroonian teenagers. We used data from the 2004 Cameroon Demographic and Health Survey (DHS). We focussed in this study the analyses on the last births of the last five years preceding the survey: 747 mothers of 15-19 years old were therefore concerned by the study. 85.6 % of teenagers used modern health services during their last pregnancies but only 20.6 % of them respected all the current standards on antenatal consultations. Also, 60.4 % of them used modern health services during their last deliveries. The traditional socio-cultural barriers, the weak opening to modernity, the economic poverty of families and the physical estrangement of health services were the main negative factors of the use of modern health services during pregnancy and/or delivery by the Cameroonian teenagers. The identification of these social factors should help the Cameroonian deciders improving teenagers' maternal and infantile health programs.
authors.affiliation: Institut de Formation et de Recherche Démographiques (IFORD), Yaoundé, Cameroun. rwenge_mburano@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: Mburano Jean-robert
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Rwenge
authors.forename: Honoré Blaise
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Tchamgoue-Nguemaleu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002163:Cameroon; D003469:Culture; D005260:Female; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008427:Maternal Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011203:Poverty; D011247:Pregnancy; D011253:Pregnancy in Adolescence / Q000523:psychology; D055815:Young Adult