Social representations of pregnant adolescents about maternity ; Social representations of pregnant adolescents about the maternity

Objective: to analyze the social representations of pregnant adolescents about maternity. Methodology: it is a qualitative, descriptive research, based on the Social Representations Theory. Seven pregnant adolescents aged from 13 to 19 years old participated in this survey, they were all being attended with prenatal care in a Family Health Unit in a town in Bahia. The Data collection was done through recorded interviews, with the signature of the terms of free and clear permission, performed between March and April 2011, after the approval of the Committee of Ethics in Research of the Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia (UESB), Protocol number 022/2011. Through the analysis of the thematic content of the information obtained by semi-structured interviews, the following categories emerged: Adolescence; Is pregnancy an adolescent issue? and Maternity. Results: the adolescents represented maternity at that stage as something negative due to the privations in their personal, social and educational life; and as something positive associated with the responsibility of taking care of a child. Conclusion: the complete knowledge can enhance actions turned to the reception, sexual and reproductive education and prenatal care in order to improve the pregnancy planning as well as the responsible maternity. Descriptors: adolescence; pregnancy; adolescent pregnancy. RESUMO Objetivo: analisar as representações sociais das adolescentes grávidas sobre a maternidade. Metodologia: trata-se de uma pesquisa descritiva, qualitativa, fundamentada na Teoria das Representações Sociais. Participaram sete adolescentes gestantes com idade de 13 a 19 anos, em acompanhamento de pré-natal em uma Unidade de Saúde da Família de um município do interior da Bahia. A coleta de dados foi realizada por meio de entrevistas gravadas, com assinatura dos termos de consentimentos livre e esclarecido, realizadas entre março a abril de 2011, após aprovação o Comitê de Ética em Pesquisa da Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia (UESB) ...