Análisis de los factores psicosociales a los que se enfrentan las madres adolescentes de la unidad de atención comunitaria wayuu Washinton 1 del municipio de Maicao La Guajira.

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the psychosocial factors faced by adolescent mothers in the community care unit Wayuu Washington 1 municipality of Maicao La Guajira, involving adolescents; population that needs to be studied due to the different changes that occur due to age, will help to guide adolescents who begin their motherhood process early and who still do not have the due mental maturity to raise children, The practical utility of this research lies in the fact that, based on the results, strategies could be generated for parents to become more involved in the sexual and reproductive education of their children. It also helps young people achieve a healthy psychosocial development, urging parents and the educational community to assume the challenge of sexual education in adolescents, so that they can fully and responsibly live their sexuality, both in the personal sphere., as in the interpersonal and couple relationships that they establish throughout their lives. The qualitative descriptive methodology was used , as a sample we had adolescent mothers who attend the Washington community care center 1, an open interview instrument with cross-coding was carried out where the different discussions of the participating mothers were analyzed, as a result The lack of orientation that exists on the part of the family was obtained, in addition, they are women With a low quality of life and low levels of schooling, who never received information about sexuality in their homes and ended up having unwanted pregnancies.