ABSTRACT

Title: “Adolescent pregnancy in our community. Analysis and proposal.”
Authors: Alonso, Laura, Social Worker Baratchini, Raul, MD; Rodriguez Saul, MD.
Institution:	Primary Health’s Center Dr.Eizaguirre”, Villa Celina, La Matanza, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Address:	Juarez Celman y Gonzalez Chaves, B0 1. M Rosas, Villa Celina (1772), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Fax:	00541146223117

The problem of teenage pregnancy is a reality in our current society, we do believe it has to be analyzed not only from biological and psychological points of view, but also from social and cultural one; since this problem promotes the development of poverty between generations and places mothers and children in a risky situation.
We think it is linked, mainly, to: a lack of a general education, no expectations from young people; unemployment and social conflicts and the obstacles to overcome the family and neighborhood limitations.
Our statistical studies, included in this project, suggest that almost 47 percent of adolescents under the age of 20 report baying been or are pregnant, consequently the rate of pregnancy is 1,5 for each patient.
Unfortunately we are able to know, only, how the 44 percent or the cases have ended the pregnancy and 13 percent of them in abortion.
Therefore our aim is to decrease the rates of teen pregnancy, focusing our proposal on social and cultural aspects, in interaction with biological and psychological ones. Our conclusion is related to reinforce the importance of Education school organizations, the first one as an agent to fill the gap between reality and teens expectations and desires, and the second one promoting and preventing risks from the Health Institution, trough a community labor, allowing young people to find new options that could be alternative projects to avoid pregnancy in early years.