TEENAGE PREGNANCY IN COLOMBIA

Most complicated pregnancies are not characteristic of women who have stable homes constituted, but girls who have not achieved the completion of his physical development are facing a situation that is becoming more common.

Previously, family life education for adolescents was the responsibility of the family. There were also rites of passage that prepared the young people for responsible life. However, this is no longer true: most young people become sexually active before they reach the age of fifteen without being aware of the risks of sexually transmitted diseases, or be facing a pregnancy when they have the maturity physically or emotionally to take the arrival of a child.

According to statistics from the health authorities in Colombia each year, about 400 000 young people between 15 and 19 are pregnant or already mothers. Likewise, it is estimated that abortions in the same age bordering 300 000 per year. This phenomenon is growing and is not the sole responsibility of the schools: parents with training and loving example, are those who have to take the proper development of the sexuality of their sons and daughters.

Pregnancies in adolescence are often due to lack of reliable information on reproductive health. Furthermore, exists reserves between community members and parents to provide sex education.

According to Profamilia, 97.2% of women between 15 and 19 years knows the risk of HIV AIDS. Just a little over 3% admitted that you can catch this disease.