Sexual and reproductive health in women of the community Siape (Barranquilla) and the pronouncements of the Constitutional Court of Colombia

Abstract

The central objective of this research article was to characterize the sexual and reproductive health of the women of the Siape neighborhood of the city of Barranquilla, with the purpose of implementing strategies that can contribute to improve the quality of life. Specific Objectives were: to determine the maternal mortality of the Siape neighborhood and its causes to implement socio-cultural and socio-educational actions that contribute to decrease the situation; Establish the type of controls performed by pregnant women and the treatment indicated in them; To identify the different methods of family planning used by the population of women in the sector for the prevention of unwanted pregnancies. The method used was the quantitative one, with the accomplishment of a research of descriptive type, using a population constituted by the women residing in the Neighborhood Siape of the city of Barranquilla, with ages between the 13 and the 60 years. The sample used was non-probabilistic voluntary. Among the conclusions of the investigation are the following aspects: the most vulnerable communities are reflected the little care of pregnant women, and the faint accompaniment by the relatives in the carrying out of the controls and in the care of them.