Abstract
Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate demographic features among married adolescent girls. Methods: A descriptive study was conducted in the period March 2010 to May 2012 in Trabzon, Turkey using face to face constructed questionnaire administered to 101 subjects registered in the Marriage Book of Municipality of Trabzon which came to the marriage center of the municipality. The study protocol was approved by Rural Ethics Committee of the city. Results: The participants were adolescent women who married between the age of 15-18. 42.5% of these were elementary school graduates, and none of the subjects were high school or university graduates. 65% of these adolescents did not want to have pregnancy in the first two years of marriage marriage. 94% of them had a baby during the first year of their marriages. 98% of them did not have knowledge about the responsibilities of marriage prior to being married, 42% of those women did not have health insurance and 73% do not use any methods of family planning. There was correlation between the marriage age of the women and the age at which their mothers married r=2.25 . Conclusion: Adolescents need to have knowledge about marriage, sexuality, pregnancy and baby care issues. In this city, an intensive educational program should be designed to teach all the adolescents in primary health services
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Abstract
Amaç: Bu çalışmanın amacı adölesan evlenmiş kızlar arasında demografik özelliklerin değerlendirilmesidir. Yöntem: Mart 2010-Mayıs 2012 dönemi içinde Trabzon’da yapılan tanımlayıcı bir çalışmadır. Belediye evlendirme dairesine gelen 101 kişi Trabzon Belediyesi evlilik defterine kayıtlı ile yüz yüze görüşme tekniği ile anket uygulaması yapılmıştır. Yerel etik komiteden uygulama izni alınmıştır. Bulgular: Çalışma 15-18 yaş arası evli ergen kadınları kapsamaktadır. %42.5’i ilköğretim mezunu ve yüksek okul veya üniversite mezunu bulunmamaktaydı. Bu adölesanların %65’i evlendikten sonra iki yıl boyunca gebelik istememişlerdi. Bunların% 94’nün evliliklerin ilk yıllarında bir bebekleri vardı. %98’inin evlilik öncesi, evlilik hakkında bilgisi yoktu, bu kadınların %42’sinin sağlık sigortası bulunmamakta ve %73 herhangi bir aile planlaması yöntemi kullanmıyordu. Çalışmaya katılan kadınlar ve onların annelerinin evlenme yaşı arasında ilişki saptanmadı r = 2.25 . Sonuç: Adölesanların evlilik, cinsellik, hamilelik ve bebek bakımı konularında bilgiye gereksinimleri vardı. Bu şehirde tüm adölesanlara özellikle birinci basamak sağlık hizmetlerinde çok yoğun bir eğitim programının planlanması gerekmektedir.
Keywords
References
- Neinstein LS, Farmer M.Teenage pregnancy. In Neistein. Adolescent Health Care: A practical Guide Lippincottt Williams& Wilkins, Philadelphia, 2002; 810-833.
- Maticka-Tyndak E, Barnett M, McKay A. Adolescent sexual and reproductive health in Canada: a review of national data. Canadian J Hum Sexual 2000; 9:41-65.
- Choe MK, Thapa S, Mishra V. Early marriage and early motherhood in Nepal. J Bio Sci 2005; 37:143-162.
- Singh S, Darroch JE. Adolescent pregnancy and childbearing: levela and trends in developed countries. I Family Plan Persp 2000; 32:14-23.
- World Health Organization Report. Sixty-fifth world health assembly-A65/13, http://www.who.int/mediacentre/events/2012/ wha65/en/index.html (accessed 16 March, 2012).
- Turkish Demographic Health Survey. Hacettepe Instutute of population studies studies, Ministry of Health, Ankara, Republic of Turkey; 2012.
- Clarck S, Bruce J, Dude A. Protecting young women from HIV/AIDS: the case against child and adolescent marriage. Inter Fam Plan Perpec 2006; 32:79-88.
- Singh S, Darroch JE, Frost J. Socioeconomic disavantage and adolescent women’s sexual and reproductive behavior: the case of five developed countries. I Family Plan Persp 2001; 33:251-25.
- Özşahin A, Zencir M, Gökçe B, Acimiş N. Adolescent pregnancy in west Turkey. Saudi Med J 2006; 27:1177-1182.
- Gökçe B, Özşahin B, Zencir H. Determinants of adolescent pregnancy in an urban area in Turkey. A population-based-ease control study. J Bio Sci 2006;39:301-311.
- Treffers PE, Olukaya AA, Ferguson BJ, Liljestrand J. Care efor adolescent pregnancy and childbirth. Int J Gynecol Obstet 2001; 75:111-121.
- Aksit S, Turpculu A. Trends in teenage pregnancy in Turkey. Int J Gynacol Obstet 2003; 81:55-56.
- Philipps MG, Blume DJ, DcMomer MS. Young maternal age associated with increased risk of postnatal death. Obstet Gynecol 2002; 100:481-486.
- Demir CS, Kadayıfçı O, Özgünen T, Evrüke C, Vardar MA, Karaca A, et al. Pregnancy outcomes in young Turkish women. J Pediatr and Adoles Gynecol 2000; 13:171-181.
- Keskinoğlu P, Bilgiç N, Piçakçi M, Giray H, Karakus N, Gunay T. Perinatal outcomes and risk factors of Turkish adolescent mothers. J Pediatr Adoles Gynecol 2007; 20:19-24.
- Bükülmez O, Deren O. Perinatal outcome in adolescent pregnancies: a case control study from a Turkish university hospital. Eur J Obst Gyn and Repro Biol 2000; 88:207-212.
- Martin AR, Jimenez MA. Epidemiological assessment of the influence of socio-Family Factors in adolescent pregnancy. Eur J Epidemiol 2001; 17:653-659.
- Rani M, Lulu E. Exploring the socioeconomic dimension of adolescent reproductive health a multicountry analysis. I Fam Plan Pers 2000; 30:110-117.
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| Primary Language | English |
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| Journal Section | Research Article |
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| Publication Date | September 1, 2013 |
| Published in Issue | Year 2013Issue: 3 |