Embarazos adolescentes en la sociedad actual

Abstract

Teen pregnancy is a social problem in Latin America and in Ecuador, since their numbers are alarming as 20% of births in the country was of teenagers, the Canton Santiago de Mendez is not far from this reality since many cases of young pregnant occurs. According to the National Plan for Good Living, in Objective 3 in Pregnancy diagnosis adolescent sexual and reproductive health are mothers mentions that 16.9% of adolescents between 15 and 19 years and 0.6% of adolescents between 12 and 14 years. Therefore, they are exposed to health consequences, the intergenerational reproduction of poverty, family instability possible, to dropout and the precarious insertion in the labor market. (National Secretary of Planning and Development, 2013) From the identified social problems need different conceptions liken to analyze the scope and limits of these and consider possible public policy alternatives to address the problem of teenage pregnancy. This research will allow for an analysis of teenage pregnancies in turn will contribute to the work of social work and help determine the issues of social, economic relations relatives in the most essential aspects of adolescents as affective and emotional.