Maternal mortality in adolescents and young adults: temporal trend and correlation with prenatal care coverage in the state of Bahia, Brazil, 2000-2020.

Main Results: From 2000 to 2020, maternal mortality among adolescents and young adults showed a decreasing trend in the state of Bahia. It could be seen an inverse and significant correlation between the highest number of prenatal care visits and maternal mortality in the studied groups.

Implications For Services: The study suggests the importance of quality obstetric care during prenatal, childbirth, and postpartum period for reducing maternal mortality among adolescents and young adults, especially from preventable causes.

[Teenage pregnancy and prematurity in Brazil, 2011-2012].

The study aims to evaluate the association between teenage pregnancy and prematurity. The data are from the Birth in Brazil study, a national survey consisting of 23,894 postpartum women and their newborn infants. The information was obtained from interviews with the mothers during their postpartum hospital stay.

Cross-cultural adaptation of the Parcours Amoureux des Jeunes - PAJ inventory of Canadian origin to the Brazilian context.

Analyzing violent events in the amorous trajectory of young people mobilizes researchers worldwide. The scope of this study is to perform the cross-cultural adaptation and content validation of the Canadian Parcours Amoureux des Jeunes (PAJ) inventory in the Brazilian context. It is a methodological study with the following steps: (a) translation and back-translation; (b) committee of experts (10) for analysis of equivalence, clarity and matching percentages; (c) calculation of the Content Validity Index / CVI.

Notification of juvenile violence in Emergency Services of the Brazilian Unified Health System in Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil.

Objective: To analyze the performance of professionals in the Emergency Units for the notification of cases of violence against children, considering sociodemographic characteristics, professional category and difficulties.

Methods: Cross-sectional study with a simple random sample (n=200), selected from the universe of professionals (n=523) of these Emergency Units in Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil, from a regional general hospital and six polyclinics. Bivariate analyses and measures of association were performed to determine statistical significance.

Factors associated with caesarean section among primiparous adolescents in Brazil, 2011-2012.

This paper presents the factors associated with caesarean section in primiparous adolescents in Brazil using data from a national hospital-based survey conducted between 2011 and 2012. Information was obtained from postpartum women through face-to-face and telephone interviews and a theoretical model with three levels of hierarchy was used to analyze associations with the dependent variable mode of delivery (caesarean or vaginal). The results show that the caesarean section rate among primiparous teenagers is high (40%).

[Surveillance System for Violence and Accidents (VIVA) and notification of infant-juvenile violence in the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS) in Feira de Santana in the state of Bahia].

The scope of the study is to analyze data of children and adolescents who are the victims of different forms of violence, registered in the Surveillance System for Violence and Accidents (VIVA/MS) in Feira de Santana in the state of Bahia, Brazil. The total number of records, since the implementation of VIVA in the city (01/2009 to 01/2011) was used and the analyses sought associations between characteristics of violence and profiles of victims and perpetrators. The results showed that children and adolescents were molested using different types of violence, including the use of physical force, verbal threats and weapons and sundry cases of personal injury.

[Sexual violence and co-occurrences suffered by children and adolescents: study of incidents over a decade].

The study analyzes the evolution of the incidence of sexual violence (SV) and co-occurrences between 2001 and 2010. The records of the Guardianship Councils in Feira de Santana, State of Bahia, Brazil were used and the incidence rates and graphs of the events during the period were calculated. Of the total of the different types of violence, 21.

[Factors associated with HIV/AIDS infection among adolescents and young adults enrolled in a Counseling and Testing Center in the State of Bahia, Brazil].

The study seeks to investigate factors associated with HIV infection among adolescents and young adults registered in the Counseling and Testing Center (CTC) of Feira de Santana, Bahia. An analytical study with a cross-sectional design was conducted using data from the CTC Information System in the period from 2007 to 2011. Information on 3,768 individuals were studied and the proportional difference was checked using the Pearson chi-squared test and stratified analysis by Prevalence Rate (PR) with confidence intervals of 95%, considering the serological status as the outcome.

[Initiation and consumption of psychoactive substances among adolescents and young adults in an Anti-Drug Psychosocial Care Center].

The study seeks to characterize the initiation and consumption pattern of psychoactive substances among adolescents and young adults enrolled in an Alcohol and Drug Psychosocial Care Center (CAPS-AD). This study was conducted with records of attendance and the consumption pattern was classified in accordance with WHO: infrequent use (lifetime use, per year or up to five days per month); frequent use (6 to 19 times in the past 30 days); heavy use (≥ 20 times in the last 30 days). In the age group comparison, the test for proportion and association analysis was used and the prevalence and prevalence ratio was calculated with a significance level of 5% and 95% confidence interval.

[Teenage pregnancy: analysis of risk factors for low birth weight, prematurity and cesarean delivery].

The scope of the study was to analyze possible associations between maternal age under 16 years and the weight and gestational age of the newborn child, as well as the occurrence of cesarean delivery. A cross-sectional study was conducted using data of Live Birth Certificates/DN from the National System of Live Births/SINASC in Feira de Santana, State of Bahia, Brazil, in the 2006-2012 period. In the analyses, logistic regression for the odds ratio (OR) and a confidence interval of 95% was used, measuring the strength of association between variables adjusted for confounding factors.

[Evaluation of the National Program of Integrated and Referential Actions (PAIR) to confront the child and adolescents sexual violence, in Feira de Santana, Bahia State, Brazil].

In Brazil, sexual violence against children and adolescents is a challenge for the public policies of prevention and intervention. The objective of this article is to present the evaluation of PAIR actions implemented in Feira de Santana city, on political and institutional integration, strength and performance of the Network Care for the violence victims in the period of 2003-2006. It was used a descriptive study with primary data based on interviews with professionals from the Institutions of care (38), Municipal Committee of PAIR (11) and key community informants (78), using quantitative and qualitative analysis.

[The profile of violence against children and adolescents according to Child Protection Council records: victims, aggressors and patterns of violence].

Objective: To estimate the prevalence of violence against children and adolescents through the records of Child Protection Councils, associating this violence with the age of the victims and their links with the aggressor.

Method: Data were collected from the records and the prevalence rates were calculated through the Prevalence Ratio (PR), together with the associations among variables, with a critical level of 5%.

Results: Out of 1,293 records of violence, 1,011 (78.