[Family planning: use of the health services by young people with experience of pregnancy].

The scope of this paper was to analyze the use of family planning services by young women with experience of pregnancy. It involves a cross-sectional study conducted with 464 young women who completed a pregnancy in the first quarter of 2006 in six hospitals in Teresina, when they were between 15 and 19 years of age. Data were collected in 2008 through a pre-coded and pre-tested form.

Who are the pregnant adolescents in the poorest state capital of Brazil?

Objective: This study determines which adolescent girls are becoming pregnant.

Design: Cross-sectional study.

Sample: Pregnant or puerpera adolescents in Teresina, Brazil (278), aged 15-19 years.

Contraceptive method use by adolescents in Brazilian state capital.

Objective: Adolescence is a period characterized by increased exploration and exposure to risk-taking behaviors, including unsafe sex. This study examines prior contraceptive method use by pregnant or recently pregnant adolescents in Teresina-Piauí, Brazil.

Design: Cross-sectional study.