Contraception in adolescence

Authors:

Benítez Rubio MR^a, Medranda de Lázaro MI^b, Pizarro Hernández C^c

Reference of this article.:

Benítez Rubio MR, Medranda de Lázaro MI, Pizarro Hernández C. Anticoncepción en la adolescencia. Rev Pediatr Aten Primaria. 2003;5:273-298..

Published in Internet: 30/06/2003

Abstract:

The adolescence is a life period characterized by deep changes, as somatics like emotionals. In the actual occidental society, the adolescence presents a larger duration, especially for the favourest social strata, contributing to it not only more precocious appearance of menarche (mean age 12,6 years) but also different socio-cultural aspects. The beginning of coital sexual relations has experimented an advance too (mean age 15-17 years). In this work we wish offer to primary attention paediatrician, a revision of different contraceptive methods available in our country at the moment and a review of the more important legal aspects related with sexuality and contracepcion in this age group, with the purpose of favour daily job in our surgeries.

Keywords: Primary care. Adolescence. Contraception. Sexuality. Legal aspects.

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