Teenage Pregnancy
Teenage Pregnancy
I. Introduction
Teenage pregnancy is one of the major problem that the world is facing today. Early pregnancy or teenage pregnancy is dangerous to teenage girls’ health because it may cause cervical cancer, aids, and eventually death. Teenage pregnancies are often associated with an increased rate of delinquent behaviors including alcohol and substance abuse. To begin with, majority of them belong to the low income group. To prevent this dilemma, there are some preventions that can reduce the increasing rate of teenage pregnancy. Firstly, parents must keep them at home with an intact family set-up, secondly, they must keep them at school, third, keep talking to them, and lastly, they must keep them morally and spiritually grounded. Preventing teen pregnancies requires a concerted effort on the part of parents, schools, and government. They need to insure that the right information is transmitted to children especially during their pre-teen years and that they are well-monitored and supported emotionally and psychologically.
Sexual misinformation is therefore equally shared in the barkada. The problem mounts because the barkada has a more profound influence than parents do and they exert pressures and expect the adolescent to conform to the rest of them. Youth today, from ages 15 to 25 admit to having a premarital sex experience. Almost all of them do not even use contraceptives the first time they have sex. Many of the youth are clueless that even on a single intercourse, they could wind up pregnant. Furthermore, sexually active adolescents face a variety of risks, including malnutrition, inadequate prenatal care, abortion, fetal deaths, and risk for acquiring cervical cancer.
Department of Health (DOH) is the one shouldering this dilemma. Almost everyday, they tackle teenage pregnancy with teenage moms through seminars. DOH made a comics tackling issues such as puberty, adolescent sexuality as well as teenage pregnancy. The comics adopted
I. Introduction
Teenage pregnancy is one of the major problem that the world is facing today. Early pregnancy or teenage pregnancy is dangerous to teenage girls’ health because it may cause cervical cancer, aids, and eventually death. Teenage pregnancies are often associated with an increased rate of delinquent behaviors including alcohol and substance abuse. To begin with, majority of them belong to the low income group. To prevent this dilemma, there are some preventions that can reduce the increasing rate of teenage pregnancy. Firstly, parents must keep them at home with an intact family set-up, secondly, they must keep them at school, third, keep talking to them, and lastly, they must keep them morally and spiritually grounded. Preventing teen pregnancies requires a concerted effort on the part of parents, schools, and government. They need to insure that the right information is transmitted to children especially during their pre-teen years and that they are well-monitored and supported emotionally and psychologically.
Sexual misinformation is therefore equally shared in the barkada. The problem mounts because the barkada has a more profound influence than parents do and they exert pressures and expect the adolescent to conform to the rest of them. Youth today, from ages 15 to 25 admit to having a premarital sex experience. Almost all of them do not even use contraceptives the first time they have sex. Many of the youth are clueless that even on a single intercourse, they could wind up pregnant. Furthermore, sexually active adolescents face a variety of risks, including malnutrition, inadequate prenatal care, abortion, fetal deaths, and risk for acquiring cervical cancer.
Department of Health (DOH) is the one shouldering this dilemma. Almost everyday, they tackle teenage pregnancy with teenage moms through seminars. DOH made a comics tackling issues such as puberty, adolescent sexuality as well as teenage pregnancy. The comics adopted
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