摘要
Social factors associated with the use of obstetrical health care services among Cameroonian teenagers. The specific objective of this study is to research the social factors of the use of obstetrical health care services among Cameroonian teenagers. We used data from the 2004 Cameroon Demographic and Health Survey (DHS). We focussed in this study the analyses on the last births of the last five years preceding the survey: 747 mothers of 15-19 years old were therefore concerned by the study. 85.6 % of teenagers used modern health services during their last pregnancies but only 20.6 % of them respected all the current standards on antenatal consultations. Also, 60.4 % of them used modern health services during their last deliveries. The traditional socio-cultural barriers, the weak opening to modernity, the economic poverty of families and the physical estrangement of health services were the main negative factors of the use of modern health services during pregnancy and/or delivery by the Cameroonian teenagers. The identification of these social factors should help the Cameroonian deciders improving teenagers%26apos; maternal and infantile health programs. L%26apos;objectif de cette 谷tude est de rechercher les facteurs sociaux de l%26apos;utilisation des services de soins obst谷tricaux parmi les adolescentes camerounaises. Les donn谷es utilis谷es sont celles de l%26apos;Enqu那te D谷mographique et de Sant谷 (EDS) r谷alis谷e au Cameroun en 2004. Nos analyses ont port谷 sur les derni豕res naissances de cinq derni豕res ann谷es pr谷c谷dant l%26apos;enqu那te : 747 m豕res ag谷es de 15-19ans ont alors 谷t谷 concern谷es par l%26apos;谷tude. 85,6% d%26apos;adolescentes ont fr谷quent谷 les formations sanitaires pendant leurs derni豕res grossesses, mais seulement 20,6% d%26apos;entre elles ont respect谷 toutes les normes en vigueur sur les consultations pr谷natales. De m那me, 60,4% d%26apos;adolescentes ont eu leurs derni豕res naissances dans les formations sanitaires. Selon les analyses multivari谷es de r谷gression logistique r谷alis谷es, les barri豕res socioculturelles traditionnelles, une faible ouverture 角 la modernit谷, la pauvret谷 谷conomique des familles et l%26apos;谷loignement physique de formations sanitaires sont les principaux facteurs freinant l%26apos;utilisation par les adolescentes camerounaises des services modernes de soin pendant la grossesse et/ou l%26apos;accouchement. L%26apos;identification de ces facteurs devrait permettre aux d谷cideurs camerounais d%26apos;am谷liorer le programme de sant谷 maternelle et infantile concernant les adolescentes.