Condicionantes de género y embarazo no planificado en adolescentes y mujeres jóvenes

Abstract

Resumen: Antecedentes: Los estudios sobre comportamientos sexoreproductivos de riesgo de la población juvenil aprecian diferencias entre sexos y recomiendan incluir la perspectiva de género. El objetivo de este estudio es conocer cómo influyen los condicionantes de género en las jóvenes y si hay relación con el embarazo no planificado. Método: Participantes: 395 mujeres entre 14 y 24 años, atendidas en consulta de anticoncepción. Instrumento: Aplicación del cuestionario sobre condicionantes de género en anticoncepción (COGANT). Análisis: Relación entre puntuaciones en el cuestionario, variables sociodemográficas y embarazo no planificado. Resultados: Los condicionantes de género actúan más en adolescentes, extranjeras, gitanas y con menor nivel de estudios. Puntuar más elevado en el cuestionario y en los factores "Relación vincular no igualitaria" y "Rol de género tradicional", está relacionado con el embarazo no planificado. Conclusiones: Es necesario avanzar en la igualdad y cuestionar los roles tradicionales para disminuir los embarazos no planificados en las chicas jó-venes. Palabras clave: Anticoncepción; género; embarazo no planificado; adolescentes; jóvenes.Title: Gender conditionings and unplanned pregnancies in adolescents and young girls. Abstract: Studies about risk sexual-reproductive behaviour in young population show differences between sexes and recommend to include gender perspective. The aim of this study is to know how gender conditionings influence young women and whether there is any relationship with unplanned pregnancy. Method: Participants: 395 women between 14 and 24 years old, attending the contraception consultation. Tool: application of the questionnaire about gender conditionings in contraception (COGANT). Analysis: relationship between scores in the question-naire, socio-demographic variables and unplanned pregnancy. Results: Gender conditionings act more in teenage, foreign and gipsy young women and with a lower level of studies. A higher score in the questionnaire and in both factors, "Inegalitarian relationship" and "Traditional gender role", is related with an unplanned pregnancy. Conclusions: It is necessary to make progress in equality and to question traditional roles to decrease unplanned pregnancies in young girls.

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