Motherhood in early adolescence

A case-control study in Southern Brazil

Bibliographic Data

ID16828992
AuthorsJorge U Béria (0000-0002-1598-1089, Universidade Luterana do Brasil), Lígia Braun Schermann (0000-0001-5282-4771, Universidade Luterana do Brasil), Andréa Fachel-Leal (0000-0003-1947-9579, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul), Juliana Balbinot Hilgert (0000-0002-2204-1634, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul), Airton Tetelbom Stein (0000-0002-8756-8699, Universidade de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre, Brazil), Gehysa Guimarães Alves (0000-0003-1389-8553, Universidade Luterana do Brasil), Sheila Gonçalves Câmara (0000-0001-6761-7644, Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre), Lorella Palazzo (0000-0002-5271-350X, Universidade Luterana do Brasil)
Year2020
Volume25
Issue2
Pages439-448
Publication date2020-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCiência & Saúde Coletiva (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1413-8123 • E-ISSN: 1678-4561
PublisherFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/1413-81232020252.10232018
PMID32022185
OpenAlexW3003743979
SCIELO_PIDS1413-81232020000200439
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited19

This paper investigates factors associated with motherhood among adolescents from 14 to 16 years of age in Porto Alegre, Brazil. This is a case-control study with 431 adolescent mothers (cases) and 862 adolescents who had never given birth (controls). D. ata were obtained through home visits by an interviewer-applied questionnaire. Sociodemographic characteristics, quality of social and family relationships, lifestyle and history of abuse were studied as potential determinants to early adolescent motherhood. Conditional logistic regression was used for data analysis according to a two-stage hierarchical model. Results showed that lower economic class, schooling failure, tobacco consumption, alcoholic drunkenness at least once in life and having a mother who gave birth before 20 years of age were positively associated with early adolescent motherhood. Later menarche and having relatives or having friends in whom to trust remained as protective factors. Schooling failure, which obtained the highest risk, points to the important role of the school in this population’s development and its potential to stimulate healthy life habits

Developmental psychology · Environmental health · Interview · Logistic regression · Menarche · Population · Sociology · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Demography · Global Maternal and Child Health · Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare · Medicine · Psychology · Gerontology

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