title: Obstetric, Sociodemographic, and Psychosocial Problems of Postpartum Adolescents of Huambo, Angola.
abstract: This study aims to establish a profile of teenage pregnancy (<20 years) at a hospital in Huambo, Angola. Subjects were categorized into two age groups, 10-16 and 17-19 years. We interviewed 381 mothers in the postpartum maternity ward of the Central Hospital of Huambo. Statistical analysis then followed two stages, a descriptive analysis of the study population and analysis through a bivariate 2 × 2 table, using a chi-squared test to evaluate the hypothesis of homogeneity of proportions with a significance level of 5%. Comparing the two groups revealed a more frequent occurrence of problems among mothers under 17 years of age, including a higher frequency of involvement with unemployed parents, more often not living with parents, and fewer prenatal consultations.
authors.affiliation: Municipal Hospital of Caála, Huambo, Angola.; Medical School, University José Eduardo dos Santos, Huambo, Angola.
authors.forename: Hamilton Dos Prazeres
authors.initials: Hdos P
authors.lastname: Tavares
authors.affiliation: Municipal Hospital of Huambo, Huambo, Angola.
authors.forename: Suelma Beatriz Marques Prata
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Tavares
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiological Sciences, Medical School of the Agostinho Neto University, Luanda, Angola.
authors.forename: Daniel Pires
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Capingana
authors.affiliation: National School of Public Health (ENSP)-FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: Silvana Granado Nogueira
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: da Gama
authors.affiliation: Fernandes Figueira Institute (IFF)-FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: Luiz Guilherme Pessoa
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: da Silva
keywords: adolescence; obstetric conditions; pregnancy; psychosocial; social demography