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Campaign warns youth to prevent teen pregnancy

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Ivy Farias



Sao Paulo - The attendant Renata Faustino dos Santos was 15 when she became pregnant. "I had my son at 16 and stopped studying. I can not say it was for lack of information, because this I had to" mount ". It was careless," explains. To educate young people across the country and the world about the pregnancy, was created three years ago the World Day for Prevention of Teen Pregnancy, celebrated every September 26.

In Brazil, the campaign Your Life, Your Voice, sponsored by various non-governmental organizations and medical societies, will be held in Belo Horizonte, Curitiba, Porto Alegre, Salvador, Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.

In Sao Paulo, and educational lectures in public and private schools, about 50 people made last Thursday (24) a walk on the Avenida Paulista to distribute leaflets with guidance on the subject.

According to the head of the Department of Gynecology of Childhood and Adolescence, Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), José Maria Soares, cases such as Renata are the most frequent: "They [young people] have information, just do not have training. It is necessary that educators are well trained to talk about it in school and that parents do not turn sex into a taboo, "argues.

According to data released by the Ministry of Health, 20% of births in the country were made in women aged up to 19 years. "The Ministry of Health has no data about the second pregnancy in adolescence, which has also increased. The girls get pregnant for two to three years later," he said.

The attendant Renata, now 18, is seven months pregnant with her second child. "I also can not say it was lack of information was also careless," he admits.

To Dr. José Maria Soares, the solution to the problem is to steer young people throughout the year. "And not just girls, teenage pregnancy is also subject to the boys," he said. He said all teenagers should seek health care to learn about the best contraceptive methods. "The important thing is to have dialogue at home and families to educate children," he said.

When I was 17, a law student Adriana Mazagão pregnant with Thiago, who turns 21 today. For history does not repeat itself, she always talk with your child. "At the time I had information he has today. But I think the important thing is to strengthen dialogue in families. I always explain to my son that sex is good if it done responsibly," he said.



Source: Agência Brazil

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