Objective: to understand the characteristics of the social and family context triggering adolescent pregnancy. Method: a study with a qualitative approach, by means of in-depth interviews with 15 teenagers between the ages of 14 and 18 years, either pregnant or with children under the age of one, in the period of May to July 2017. The selection and location of the participants was of the purposive and snowball sampling type. Results: four categories were established: relationship with the social environment, experience of pregnancy, relationship with family and with the partner. It was evidenced that the adolescents are in dysfunctional family relations, the relationship with the partner is unstable and unsteady, social environment is aggressive and degrading due to the pregnancy, nevertheless they expressed the experience of pregnancy as unique and marvelous. Conclusion: the social and family context is directly related to adolescent pregnancy, a complex and multifactorial phenomenon.
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López Benavides, A. P., Bermúdez Moreno, F. P., & Eslava Albarracin, D. G. (2018). CONTEXTO SOCIAL Y FAMILIAR DESENCADENANTE DEL EMBARAZO EN ADOLESCENTES. Revista Baiana de Enfermagem, 32. https://doi.org/10.18471/rbe.v32.24664
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