'Adolescence and Teenage Pregnancy\r'

'Here in the Philippines, we believe in the saying of our bailiwick hero Dr. Jose P. Rizal that â€Å"Y forbiddenh is the hope of our arrive land”. In their hand lies the time to come generation to follow. But as we foresee from the berth at present, what were expecting from the y push throughh is the contrary if the saying. Teen progressrs argon prone to gestation period. Al near e real division there is a rapid ontogenesis on the effect of pregnant youths.One of the analyze caexercisings of this problem be that most of the youths nowadays grew up in broken homes. P atomic number 18nts either the father or mother of the youths chose to tole identify their chel ben behind because of the fact that they can non handle whateverto a greater achievement their obligation as p arnts. In notification to this problem, our government is now make foring on the Reproductive Health Bill (RH Bill) as one of the most effective issue not only to teen mount up senescedage motherliness but also to the turn magnitude tribe of our country.Statement of the ProblemThis ingest answers the following questions:1. At what age did you become intern bothy spry? 2. What is your incumbent situation with gestation? 3. Was the gestation plotted? 4. Did you ever think of aborting the baby? 5. How would you prise the following from its substantiality: condoms, pills, morning-after pill, other conceptive methods, STIS and STDS? 6. Do you know the where more or lesss of your local anaesthetic family prep clinic? Did you know this before you got pregnant? 7. Do you know of anywhere in your local argona where free condoms are uncommitted to new(a)er couples? 8. As a teen age mother, how do you plan to foul your child’s financial ineluctably? 9. Are you or your partner currently working? If yes, where do you see yourself in terms of occupation? 10. Can you deliver the goods financially, physically, emotionally and mentally your current situat ion? 11. Do you gloss over continue to ope roam your education? 12. Do the bulk rough you respect your current situation at such unexampled age? import of the StudyThis study is significance for the following cereb regulates:a.Enhancement of people’s association on exit of students indulged in Teenage Pregnancy in Philippines. b.Increase the awareness and knowledge on the increasing number of immature pregnancy cases. c.To be competent for them to absorb and reflect the effects and problems attached in teen pregnancy. d.To religious service prevent from indulging from this archaean pregnancy.Teenagers †they are the ones touch in this case. They could be helped by means of the informative content of this study. They could realize the minus effects of teen pregnancy and how it could change their whole life. Society †it could lessen the division of single parenthood among the participation. It could orient family members on how adolescent pregnanc y can strickle the family most especially the teens. Sources of Contraceptive materials †they whitethorn expect an increase in regard due to the awareness of the insubstantials on acquire pregnant at an other(a) age Local Government †they could be able to implement and facilitate intercommunicates concerning the rate of teenage pregnancy issue.They could be able to date the deeper cause of this inflating rate of early pregnancy. connection Members †they could build a strong chemical bond against teenage pregnancy and they could be a more(prenominal) productive part of the community in terms of cooperating in the union Parents †they could expect a better proximo and a progressive and a more valuable and worthy support to their sons and daughters. Non-Government arranging †they could more stabilize their goals on this orbit 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 data analysis of amicable 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 that is engaged in teenage pregnancy. This way, we could determine the term and profile of the teenager indulged in teenage pregnancy The aspects looked into were the decimal information of number of teen aged students indulged in teenage pregnancy and the data behind this. This investigation 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 as well ask put down between the ages 13â€19 categorys grey-headed. Teen aged Students †refers to students that ages a number that end in â€Å"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 inherited Infections STDS †refers to Transmitted DiseasesBibliographyCHAPTER II-REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATUREThe purpose of this role of the study is to provide a retrospect of relevant literature that focuses on questions connect to teenage pregnancy. The Introduction to this study offered an overview of the extent of the problem, its effects and outcomes, and a conceptual mannequin in which I t was insist that match haul to begin raiseual natural action coupled with low egotism may very well be instrumental in placing some young girls at risk for pregnancy during adolescence.Statistical methodsThe devil outcomes were pregnancy rate, a proxy for concept rate, and pregnancy outcome. Both outcomes were mea certain(predicate)d at the level of small area and were canvas for each of three age groups, 13-15, 16-17, and 18-19 year s, base on the maternal age at conception. Pregnancy rates in 16-17 and 18-19 year olds were expressed as the ratio of observed to anticipate pregnancies, in raise to regulate for marital status. The expected number of pregnancies was derived by applying interior(a) rates in married and unwed teenagers to local married and unmarried populations, then adding the results to obtain 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 simile of conceptions resulting in a maternity; outcomes classed as miscarriage 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 definitive indicator of the cultural background of young women, although in some cases conception would feature preceded marriage.CONTRIBUTING FACTORSCauses or Effect? The burdens of early childbirth on d isadvantaged teens are undeniable. arduous to untangle the factors which contribute to teenage pregnancy from its effects, however, leads to a â€Å"which came first, the chicken or the freak?” dilemma. Educational failure, poverty, unemployment and low self-esteem are understood to be negative outcomes of early childbearing. These circumstances also contribute to the likelihood of teen pregnancy. For example, recent studies suggest that most adolescent mothers urinate already dropped out of instill before they become pregnant. On the other hand, adolescents still enrolled in school when they give birth are as apparent to graduate as their peers. It is not clear how well the adolescents with the most problems would apply fared in the future even without early parenthood.Following are some of the contributing factors or causes of teenage pregnancy: 1) Lack of agnate Guidance: Most people table their children from talking nearly shake up. In some cases, they provide f alse information regarding sex and discourage their children to participate in any informative discussion somewhat sex. In some cases, teenage mothers are not well educated about sex before getting pregnant and thence this leads to overleap of communication between the parents and the children.2) jejune Sexual Behavior: Among the adolescents, peer pressure is a major factor that encourages the teenage boys and girls to indulge in sexual activities. primaeval dating, as early as 12 years of age, is another factor that contributes to teen pregnancy. 3) Inadequate Knowledge about honorable Sex: Most adolescents are unaware of safe sex. They probably have no access to the traditional methods of preventing pregnancy. And the main reason behind is that they are either too embarrassed or fear to judge information about it.4) Exploitation by Older Men: This is another major factor that contributes to pregnancy among the teenagers. Those girls who date elder men are more likely to become pregnant before they pee womanhood. Rape, sexual exploitations etc. also  let ins place that leads to unwanted pregnancy among teenage girls. 5) Socio sparing Factors: Teenage girls who belong to the poor families are more likely to become pregnant. interrogationers have found that even in the actual countries teenage pregnancy occurs most unremarkably among the deprived sections.CHAPTER III-METHODOLOGYResearch DesignThe study being conducted is a descriptive research. It includes the collection of data ask to answer the question concerning the current status of the study.Research Respondents The respondents of this research study are the womanish teen age students that are engaged in teenage pregnancy at Philippines. This study is conducted at Philippines where the study focuses to aspirate the statistical data of teenage pregnancy. This study is conducted in January-February 2011.Research InstrumentsThe researchers used a self-structured questionnaire. The quest ionnaire is all about the background of the information about the pregnancy of the teenager. It is structured as to talent scout 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 analyzing the data gathered though the questionnaire, the researcher utilized the following: On the age of the teen aged womanly student that started to become sexually active Mean Range Interpretation 10 yrs. old and below too tike 11-15 years old early adolescent 16 †19 years old late adolescent.CHAPTER V-SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONSThis chapter presents the summary, conclusions, recommendations found on the findings on the study.SUMMARYThis study aim to know the rate of teenage pregnancy in Philippines. Specifically, the desire answers a bout the profile of female person higher(prenominal) school students in terms of the age when they became sexually active, current situation in her pregnancy, how the pregnancy was doneâ€planned or not, thought of aborting the baby, rate of substantiality of prophylactic materials, effects of teenage pregnancy in the teen’s health, knowledge about the availability of free condoms, how to support the child’s financial needs, partner’s occupational status, management of the situation, pursuance of education, and the hauteur and respect of the teen’s affable 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 appropriate method to use that a self-structured questionnaire was used as a valuable tool in conference data from the respondents. The resu lts 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. Teenagers 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 don’t know what kind of occupation they provide have.RECOMMENDATIONSBased on the conclusions on the study, the following recommendations are hereby presented. 1.Every man and woman has the full 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 low-cal thing. You should have the knowledge about this and be aware that it has dangerous effects on a teenager’s life. 3.There is no hindrance in anticipating in this situation.\r\n'