Adolescence and Teenage Pregnancy

Here in the Philippines, we believe in the saying of our study hero Dr. Jose P. Rizal that Youth is the hope of our Mother land. In their hand lies the future tense(a) generation to fol start. But as we see from the situation nowadays, what were expecting from the youth is the contrary if the saying. Teenagers ar prone to gestation period. Almost every year there is a rapid increase on the add to fixher of pregnant youths.One of the major causes of this problem be that most of the youths nowadays grew up in broken homes. Parents every the father or mother of the youths chose to leave their youngsterren behind because of the fact that they cannot handle any much their obligation as parents. In relation to this problem, our government is now working on the Re arable Health Bill (RH Bill) as one of the most effective solution not only to immature motherliness but in any case to the increase population of our country.Statement of the ProblemThis study answers the following que stions1. At what age did you be make sexu entirelyy supple? 2. What is your modern situation with pregnancy? 3. Was the pregnancy planned? 4. Did you ever think of aborting the baby? 5. How would you put the following from its solidness condoms, pills, morning-after pill, other conceptive methods, STIS and STDS? 6. Do you know the whereabouts of your local family planning clinic? Did you know this originally you got pregnant? 7. Do you know of anywhere in your local area where free condoms are available to issueer couples? 8. As a adolescent aged mother, how do you plan to support your childs financial require? 9. Are you or your partner currently working? If yes, where do you see yourself in terms of production line? 10. Can you manage financially, physically, emotionally and mentally your current situation? 11. Do you nonoperational continue to give chase your education? 12. Do the people around you respect your current situation at such preteen age?Significance of the StudyThis study is significance for the following reasonsa.Enhancement of peoples knowledge on be of students indulged in Teenage Pregnancy in Philippines. b.Increase the awareness and knowledge on the increasing number of pueriled pregnancy cases. c.To be able for them to absorb and reflect the effects and problems attached in teenage pregnancy. d.To help oneself prevent from indulging from this proterozoic pregnancy.Teenagers they are the ones involved in this case. They could be helped through the informative core of this study. They could realize the negative effects of teenage pregnancy and how it could change their whole life. Society it could lessen the helping of single parenthood among the community. It could orient family members on how teenage pregnancy can affect the family most peculiarly the teens. Sources of Contraceptive materials they may expect an increase in demand due to the awareness of the teenagers on get pregnant at an early age Local Government they could be able to implement and promote projects concerning the prescribe of teenage pregnancy issue.They could be able to understand the deeper cause of this inflating rate of early pregnancy. friendship Members they could build a strong alliance against teenage pregnancy and they could be a more productive part of the community in terms of cooperating in the alliance Parents they could expect a better future and a progressive and a more valuable and worthy support to their sons and daughters. Non-Government Organization they could more brace their goals on this sector and comply an efficient purpose on execution of ideas from which this study focuses. They could be more sufficient in terms of project planning and entropy analysis of social factors of teenage pregnancy. Others they would get a broader knowledge on how the teenage pregnancy work in the society.Scope and Delimitations of the StudyThis investigation is conducted to determine the rate of teenage students t hat is engage in teenage pregnancy. This way, we could determine the status and visibility of the teenager indulged in teenage pregnancy The aspects looked into were the quantitative information of number of teen aged students indulged in teenage pregnancy and the data behind this. Thisinvestigation focuses on number of teen age students indulged in teenage pregnancy in Philippines portrayed by teenagers as respondents during January to February 2011 Definitions of TermsTeenage pregnancy refers to any pregnancy on women that took place between the ages 1319 years emeritus. Teen aged Students refers to students that ages a number that end in teen as the last syllable such as13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, and 19 .Rate refers to a quantity from a recent quantity STIS refers to Sexually hereditary Infections STDS refers to Transmitted DiseasesBibliographyCHAPTER II-REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATUREThe purpose of this section of the study is to provide a review of relevant literature that f ocuses on questions related to teenage pregnancy. The Introduction to this study offered an overview of the extent of the problem, its effects and outcomes, and a conceptual manakin in which I t was asserted that peer atmospheric pressure to begin sexual activity mate with low self-esteem may very well be instrumental in placing most young girls at risk for pregnancy during adolescence.Statistical methodsThe two outcomes were pregnancy rate, a proxy for conception rate, and pregnancy outcome. both(prenominal) outcomes were measured at the level of small area and were analyzed for each of three age groups, 13-15, 16-17, and 18-19 years, establish on the maternal age at conception. Pregnancy rates in 16-17 and 18-19 year olds were expressed as the ratio of observed to expected pregnancies, in order to standardize for marital status. The expected number of pregnancies was derived by applying national rates in married and unmarried teenagers to local married and unmarried populatio ns, then adding the results to bump a total.The expected number of pregnancies in 13-15 year olds in each area was derived from the total national rate. Pregnancy outcome was expressed as the proportion of conceptions resulting in amaternity outcomes classed as abortion and other were excluded. This proportion was calculated separately for married and unmarried teenagers in each age group. I considered marital status to be an important indicator of the cultural background of young women, although in some cases conception would have preceded marriage.CONTRIBUTING FACTORSCauses or Effect? The burdens of early childbearing on disadvantaged teens are undeniable. essay to untangle the factors which contribute to teenage pregnancy from its effects, however, leads to a which came first, the chicken or the egg? dilemma. Educational failure, poverty, unemployment and low self-esteem are understood to be negative outcomes of early childbearing. These circumstances also contribute to the li kelihood of teen pregnancy. For example, recent studies suggest that most adolescent mothers have already dropped out of school before they become pregnant. On the other hand, adolescents still enrolled in school when they give birth are as likely to graduate as their peers. It is not clear how well the adolescents with the most problems would have fared in the future even without early parenthood.Following are some of the contributing factors or causes of teenage pregnancy 1) Lack of enate Guidance Most people evade their children from talking about sex. In some cases, they provide out of true information regarding sex and discourage their children to participate in any informative discussion about sex. In some cases, teenage mothers are not well educated about sex before acquire pregnant and thus this leads to lack of communication between the parents and the children.2) Adolescent Sexual Behavior Among the adolescents, peer pressure is a major factor that encourages the teenag e boys and girls to indulge in sexual activities. Early dating, as early as 12 years of age, is another factor that contributes to teen pregnancy. 3) Inadequate Knowledge about unattackable Sex Most adolescents are unaware of safe sex. They probably have no access to the conventional methods of preventing pregnancy. And the main reason behind is that they are either too embarrassed or fear to look information about it.4) Exploitation by Older Men This is another major factor that contributes to pregnancy among the teenagers. Those girls who date older men are more likely to become pregnant before they induce womanhood. Rape, sexual exploitations etc. also restorations place that leads to unwanted pregnancy among teenage girls. 5) Socio Economic Factors Teenage girls who decease to the poor families are more likely to become pregnant. Researchers have found that even in the true countries teenage pregnancy occurs most commonly among the deprived sections.CHAPTER III-METHODOLOGY Research DesignThe study being conducted is a descriptive research. It includes the sight of data needed to answer the question concerning the current status of the study.Research Respondents The respondents of this research study are the womanly teen age students that are engaged in teenage pregnancy at Philippines. This study is conducted at Philippines where the study focuses to extract the statistical data of teenage pregnancy. This study is conducted in January-February 2011.Research InstrumentsThe researchers used a self-structured questionnaire. The questionnaire is all about the background of the information about the pregnancy of the teenager. It is structured as to guide the respondent in reflecting and understanding her situation.Validation of Research InstrumentThe research instrument was submitted to our Research Professor to correct and finalize the questionnaire. Hence, there was no dry run conducted due to lack of time.Method of Scoring and InterpretationIn analyzi ng the data gathered though the questionnaire, the researcher utilised the following On the age of the teen aged pistillate student that started to become sexually active Mean Range Interpretation 10 yrs. old and below too minor 11-15 years old early adolescent 16 19 years old late adolescent.CHAPTER V-SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONSThis chapter presents the summary, conclusions, recommendations based on the findings on the study.SUMMARYThis study aim to know the rate of teenage pregnancy in Philippines. Specifically, the sought answers about the profile of female high school students in terms of the age when they became sexually active, current situation in her pregnancy, how the pregnancy was doneplanned or not, thought of aborting the baby, rate of substantiality of contraceptive materials, effects of teenage pregnancy in the teens health, knowledge about the availability of free condoms, how to support the childs financial needs, partners occupational status, managem ent of the situation, pursuance of education, and the dignity and respect of the teens social community. The female high school students of ages 12-18 were involved in this study as the respondents.Questionnaires were disseminated to the female high school students in Philippines. The study used the descriptive method of research since it was the most capture method to use that a self-structured questionnaire was used as a valuable tool in hookup data from the respondents. The results of the survey were tabulated and their acquired data was statistically analyzed and interpreted in order for the researcher to come up with a better conclusion.CONCLUSIONSThe following conclusions were formulated based on the findings of the study and are presented. 1.The rate of teenage pregnancy in Philippines is very much alarming. It has been observed that the rate of teenage pregnancy is increasing because of curiosity and peer pressure. 2. Most female are sexually active at the age of 11-15.3. T eenagers who are engaged at teenage pregnancy mostly are drop out of school. 4. Teenagers are engaged in this activity due to lack of knowledge about the consequence they are about to face. 5. Teenagers still depend on their parents.6. They dont know what kind of occupation they will have.RECOMMENDATIONSBased on the conclusions on the study, the following recommendations are hereby presented. 1.Every man and woman has the right to decide what he/she will take on his life. Just be sure that you can stand all the consequences in your every action. 2.Teenage pregnancy is not an easy thing. You should have the knowledge about this and be aware that it has dangerous effects ona teenagers life. 3.There is no hindrance in anticipating in this situation.