• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to footer
  • Biblioteca
  • Museu
  • Pessoal
    • Webmail
    • Área de Docentes
    • Área de Não-Docentes
  • Estudantes
    • Webmail
    • Moodle
    • NetP@
    • Escola Doutoral
    • Serviços Académicos
    • Trabalhar no IHMT
    • Programa Mentoria à Mesa – 1ª Edição

IHMT

Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical

  • O Instituto
    • Missão
    • Mensagem do Diretor
    • Órgãos de governo
    • Docentes e investigadores
    • Portal de Denúncias UNL
  • Ensino
    • Mestrados
    • Doutoramentos
    • Cursos de Especialização
    • Formação transversal
    • Cursos de Curta Duração
    • Ensino à Distância
    • Apoio ao Desenvolvimento
    • Serviços académicos
    • NOVA Open Academy
    • Programa Mentoria à Mesa – 1ª Edição
  • Investigação
    • Centro GHTM
    • Unidades de Ensino e de Investigação (UEI)
      • Unidade de Clínica Tropical
      • Unidade de Microbiologia Médica
      • Unidade de Parasitologia Médica
      • Unidade de Saúde Pública Global
      • Serviço de Apoio à Ciência e Comunidade
    • Biobanco
    • BLOODless
    • Centro Colaborador OMS
    • Publicações
  • Serviços e gestão
    • Biblioteca
    • Sistema de Qualidade
    • Estatutos e regulamentos
    • Plano de Atividades
    • Relatório de Atividades
    • Relatório de Gestão
    • Contratos públicos
    • Recursos humanos
      • Concursos e bolsas
        • Concursos – Docentes e Investigadores
        • Concursos – Não Docentes e Não Investigadores
        • Bolsas de Investigação
      • Contratos
      • Avaliação de Desempenho
        • Ciclo Avaliativo
          • Biénio 2021-2022
          • Biénio 2023-2024
        • Conselho Coordenador de Avaliação
        • Comissão Paritária
      • Mobilidade
      • Listas Nominativas
  • Doenças Tropicais
    • Consulta do Viajante
    • Dossiês Informativos
    • Glossário
    • Museu
    • Vídeos
    • MosquitoWeb
  • Comunidade
    • Cooperação e Desenvolvimento
    • Formação
    • Parcerias
  • Contactos
  • Candidaturas
  • pt
    • pt
    • en
Home / Publicações / Teenage pregnancies in the European Union in the context of legislation and youth sexual and reproductive health services

Teenage pregnancies in the European Union in the context of legislation and youth sexual and reproductive health services

  • Autores: Donati S, Fronteira I, Gissler M, Karro H, Moreau C, Part K, the REPRoSTaT group
  • Ano de Publicação: 2013
  • Journal: Acta obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica
  • Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24004102

OBJECTIVE:
To study cross-country and regional variations and trends in reported teenage pregnancies in the context of legislation and youth sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services in Europe.

DESIGN:
Data were collected on teenage live births and induced abortions, abortion legislation and youth SRH services.

SETTING:
Population-based statistics from the European Union (EU) member states.

POPULATION:
Fifteen- to nineteen-year-old female teenagers.

METHODS:
Detailed statistical information for each member state about teenage live births, induced abortions, abortion legislation and youth SRH services were compiled relying on national and international data sources.

MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES:
The annual reported pregnancies per 1000 women aged 15-19 years.

RESULTS:
Teenage pregnancy rates have declined since 2001, although progress has been uneven across regions and countries. Eastern Europe has a higher average teenage pregnancy rate (41.7/1000) than Northern (30.7/1000), Western (18.2/1000) and Southern Europe (17.6/1000). While data on teenage live births are available across Europe, data on teenage abortions are unavailable or incomplete in more than one-third of EU countries. Reported teenage pregnancy rates are generally lower for countries where parental consent for abortion is not required, youth SRH services are available in all areas and contraceptives are subsidized for all minors, compared with countries where these conditions are not met.

CONCLUSIONS:
The collection of standardized teenage pregnancy statistics is critically needed in the EU. The remarkable variability in teenage pregnancy rates across the EU is likely to be explained, among other factors, by varying access to abortion and youth SRH services.

Teenage pregnancies in the European Union in the context of legislation and youth sexual and reproductive health services

  • Autores: Donati S, Fronteira I, Gissler M, Karro H, Moreau C, Part K, the REPRoSTaT group
  • Ano de Publicação: 2013
  • Journal: Acta obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica
  • Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24004102

OBJECTIVE:
To study cross-country and regional variations and trends in reported teenage pregnancies in the context of legislation and youth sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services in Europe.

DESIGN:
Data were collected on teenage live births and induced abortions, abortion legislation and youth SRH services.

SETTING:
Population-based statistics from the European Union (EU) member states.

POPULATION:
Fifteen- to nineteen-year-old female teenagers.

METHODS:
Detailed statistical information for each member state about teenage live births, induced abortions, abortion legislation and youth SRH services were compiled relying on national and international data sources.

MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES:
The annual reported pregnancies per 1000 women aged 15-19 years.

RESULTS:
Teenage pregnancy rates have declined since 2001, although progress has been uneven across regions and countries. Eastern Europe has a higher average teenage pregnancy rate (41.7/1000) than Northern (30.7/1000), Western (18.2/1000) and Southern Europe (17.6/1000). While data on teenage live births are available across Europe, data on teenage abortions are unavailable or incomplete in more than one-third of EU countries. Reported teenage pregnancy rates are generally lower for countries where parental consent for abortion is not required, youth SRH services are available in all areas and contraceptives are subsidized for all minors, compared with countries where these conditions are not met.

CONCLUSIONS:
The collection of standardized teenage pregnancy statistics is critically needed in the EU. The remarkable variability in teenage pregnancy rates across the EU is likely to be explained, among other factors, by varying access to abortion and youth SRH services.

Footer

INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E
MEDICINA TROPICAL
UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA
Rua da Junqueira, 100 1349-008 Lisboa
T +351 213 652 600
geral@ihmt.unl.pt

Consulta do Viajante e Medicina Tropical
T +351 213 652 630
T +351 213 652 690
T +351 91 182 37 48
T +351 91 182 44 67
medicina.viagens@ihmt.unl.pt

  • Ensino
  • Investigação
  • Medicina Tropical
  • Cooperação
  • Portal de Denúncias UNL

NOVA University of Lisbon Logo

Siga-nos

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Receber a “newsletter”

© Copyright 2025 IHMT-UNL Todos os Direitos Reservados.
  • Universidade Nova de Lisboa
  • Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

    UIDB/04413/2020
    UIDP/04413/2020

We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it.Ok