EARLY PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENTS OF HIGH SCHOOL OF THE STATAL CENTER EDUCATIONAL “MARISCAL CASTILLA”, EL TAMBO, HUANCAYO, 2004

Abstract

In the last ones ten to fifteen years have increased the concern of diverse social sectors significantly in the department of Junín for the phenomenon of the adolescent pregnancy, of there the restlessness of the investigation with the objective of obtaining information on the problem of the precocious pregnancy in adolescent students of secondary of the center educational state “Mariscal Castilla”, of the district of El Tambo, country of Huancayo, during the year 2004; and to give proposals with the intention of contributing to define with bigger rigor and relevancy the real problems linked with the pregnancy in adolescents. The investigation was descriptive, traverse, primary and quantitative; the population constituted by the students of the 3°, 4° and 5° grades of secondary. The use of birthcontrol methods for the adolescents oscillates from 7 % to 30 %; with high percentage, the practice the method of the rhythm and the retirement (Coitus interruptus), nevertheless, they ignore the physiology of the feminine cycle. The beginning of the sexual activity before the 18 years is a decision on which you/they influence and interaction a series of factors.