Welcoming adolescents in the gestational period in primary health care by nurses: A bibliographic review

Abstract

Adolescence is the process of growth and maturation to adulthood, and according to the Statute of the Child and Adolescent (ECA) this period comprises the age group between twelve and eighteen years (ESTATUTO DA CRIANÇA E DO ADOLESCENTE, 1990), however, the Ministry of  Health (MS) determines that for the receptions that occur in Primary Health Care (PHC),  the age range between ten and nineteen years is considered, which is subdivided between pre-adolescence (10 years to 14 years) and adolescence (15 years to 19 years) (BRASIL, 2018).  This phase of human development is a period of biopsychosocial and physiological changes, where the individual seeks to understand the changes of the body in addition to establishing their identity as part of society (BATISTA, 2021).

DOI:https://doi.org/10.56238/sevenIIImulti2023-253