An Overview of Adolescent Pregnancy in Yaoundé, Cameroon - Open Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

OJOG > Vol.12 No.11, November 2022

Open Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volume 12, Issue 11 (November 2022)

ISSN Print: 2160-8792 ISSN Online: 2160-8806

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An Overview of Adolescent Pregnancy in Yaoundé, Cameroon ()

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DOI: 10.4236/ojog.2022.1211104 87 Downloads 719 Views

Author(s)

Christiane Jivir Fomu Nsahlai^1,2*, Claude-Audrey Meguieze^1,3, Fatimatouz Zahra’ou⁴, Esther Ngo Um Meka², Eric Nseme Etouckey⁴, Marie Therese Abena Obama³

Affiliation(s)

¹Obstetrics and Gynecology, Essos Hospital Centre, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
²Department of Obstetrics and Gynecologist, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé 1, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
³Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé 1, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
⁴Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé 1, Yaoundé, Cameroon.

ABSTRACT

Background: Adolescent pregnancy is high risk and every area should have data specific to it. We here attempted to determine the characteristics of adolescent pregnancy in Cameroon, with special reference to antenatal care (ANC). Materials and Methods: The present cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out in four secondary level hospitals in Yaounde, Cameroon from March to May 2022. Our study included adolescent pregnant females between ages 10 and 19 who received prenatal/post-partum care at these facilities. Results: We studied 101 adolescent pregnant females (pregnant or post-partum). The mean age was 17.6 ± 1.3 years. Most of them were single, Christian, had a secondary level of education, lived in a two-parent home and were from the Central region. ANC was provided by midwives for most of them but prenatal work-up was not done most of the time. Overall quality of ANC was considered poor. Conclusions: Adolescent pregnant females were mainly high-school students and lived at home with both parents. ANC quality was considered poor. These data may be important to improve reproductive health care and may be generalizable to some extent.

KEYWORDS

Adolescent, Antenatal Care, Yaoundé

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Nsahlai, C. , Meguieze, C. , Zahra’ou, F. , Meka, E. , Etouckey, E. and Obama, M. (2022) An Overview of Adolescent Pregnancy in Yaoundé, Cameroon. Open Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 12, 1191-1201. doi: 10.4236/ojog.2022.1211104.

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