Representações sociais de adolescentes grávidas sobre a escola

Abstract

This study examined the social representations of teenage pregnancy on the school, from the characterization of adolescents, the identification of images and meanings that they had agreed on the school and check the implications of social representations of these pregnant teenagers on school. The study took a qualitative approach, taking as its theoretical framework the theory of social representations in their procedural aspects, was used as a technique for analyzing the content analysis of Franco, with the use of a questionnaire and a set of interviews. The locus of the research was a family health unit located in the neighborhood of 40 hours in Ananindeua - PA, being the subjects of this study, six (06) pregnant adolescents between 14 and 17 years who regularly participated in the program of prenatal and postpartum in that health unit. After completion of the analysis it became apparent the need for the school, to better accommodate these people and contribute to improving their life prospects from favoring alternatives that enable the continuation of studies by these teens.