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  • Title: Preparing young Mexicans for responsible parenthood.
    Journal: Integration; 1989 Jul; (20):2. PubMed ID: 12282137.
    Abstract:
    Many pregnant women 16 years old in Mexico testify that they only had sexual intercourse 1 time. Nevertheless many young women in society continue to believe that a woman cannot conceive during her 1st sexual act. This misunderstanding stems from the fact that most do not understand the basics of pregnancy. Mexican society therefore has many issues to address, such as whose responsibility it is when an unmarried women becomes pregnant. It also must confront what such a woman must do when she is pregnant and if it is society's responsibility to tend to her and other women in similar circumstances. In 1986, the Mexican Demographic Medical Academy and the Center for Adolescent Orientation conducted a survey of 3000 male and female adolescents. The results showed that 31% of 1st pregnancies among 15-24 year olds were conceived outside of marriage and 15% were not planned. Further, 50% of the children born to nonmarried women were not planned. No contraceptive use or the use of an ineffective birth control method accounted for all unplanned pregnancies. The 1st sexual act occurred on average at 15.7 years for males and 17 for females. The Mexican Foundation for Family Planning (Mexfam) operates an information and awareness campaign to prepare adolescents for responsible living and parenthood. It targets both formal and informal youth organizations using effective audiovisual aids. Mexfam hopes that its information and awareness movement will bring about integration of family planning, maternal and child health, child survival, and safe motherhood programs into a national program for youth. Presently many youth are not served by the existing fragmented programs and therefore unprepared for sexual relations.
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