Políticas públicas de saúde e educação para prevenção da gravidez na adolescência : uma análise do Brasil e México.

Abstract

This research seeks to analyze public health and education policies for preventing and coping with teenage pregnancy in the countries of Brazil and Mexico, based on the question: “What are the impacts of teenage pregnancy for women's emancipation and the role of policies policies for preventing and addressing6 this social problem in Brazil and Mexico? ” The study in the countries of Brazil and Mexico is justified by the high rates presented by the two countries, as they have common characteristics of peripheral capitalism and social inequalities, as well as the availability of data that they have, which does not occur in other countries Latin American countries. The dissertation begins with the contextualization of adolescent pregnancy since the dawn of civilization, bringing about the paradigmatic break that occurred mainly between the 20th and 21st centuries, which made teenage pregnancy in fact natural to the socio family and public health problem. In the second topic, teenage pregnancy is seen as a social and public health problem in Brazil and Mexico, and the factors associated with the desire to be a teenage mother, the social and economic impacts of early pregnancy and the role of education in female emancipation. In the third and last chapter, public policies aimed at the sexual and reproductive health of adolescents in the countries surveyed are verified. The chapters correspond to the research objectives, respectively. The method of approach adopted was deductive, with monographic procedure and bibliographic research technique. The research is in line with the UNISC Postgraduate Program in Law, with the line of research on public policies for social inclusion and with the research of advisor Marli M. M. da Costa, for making the intersection between gender, teenage pregnancy and public policy. From the preliminary analysis, it can be concluded that teenage pregnancy impacts girls' lives differently, depending on their socioeconomic, educational and family conditions, mainly affecting those who live in contexts of poverty and lack of information and health care, also it was possible to verify that the policies have already evolved in terms of preventing and coping with early reproduction, however improvements are still needed and the implementation of local power, cooperation and intersectorality in government actions, especially in Brazil.