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Jerica V. Tampoy
Princess D. Sarania
Jeneveve Perucho
April Ann Albaracin
This chapter will include the introduction, statement of the problem, scope
Introduction
A woman can get pregnant if she has vaginal sex with a man at any age after she’s
Teenage Pregnancy is huge issue all around the world. Teens from the ages
of 12-19 are having sex and most of them aren't realizing the full consequences
The victims of teenage pregnancy are the girl herself, her child, her parents
and relatives and the national society as a whole. It will also probably make her
Adolescent teen mothers usually come from a low income or poor family.
About 83% of teen moms who give birth are from a low-income household (Klein,
2005).
Teen moms do not realize that their bodies aren't fully developed to carry
children and that they are not fully mature enough to become a parent. Also, teen
mothers are most likely to drop out of high school and then will not ever get the
chance to see how the rest of their high school years, graduation, and college
Teenage mothers have no time for other things, because they are busy
taking care of their baby. Most teen mothers end up dropping out of high school,
because they do not have time for school anymore. They work for low wages to
make money and support the child. Teenage mothers are also more likely to
depend on public assistance and are more likely to live in poverty which is not
ideal because it can put their children at risk of poor health which proves that
teenage pregnancy can disrupt young people’s career and educational goals that
statistics records, teen pregnancy cases rise up to 70% over 10 years only. In
2013, the Philippines had ranked number three (3) with the greatest number of
teenage pregnancy cases, and is the only nation wherein the rate is increasing
an issue. There should be more methods of prevention taken so that teens get a
This study will help the teenagers to be aware of what teenage pregnancy
is. They will learn about the ways on how they can prevent themselves from being
involved into this issue and how they can control themselves from having sexual
the best ways to prevent teenage pregnancy. In order to determine the best ways
to prevent teenage pregnancy, we will identify first the factors that results to
teenage pregnancy.
about sex and how to use contraceptives, peer pressure, exploitation to older men,
to alcoholic drinks which will make them drunk that can make them sexually active.
Statement of the Problem
to lessen its occurrence had also been raised. Teenage pregnancy has emerged to
be one of the major public health problems in South Asia (Raj et al., 2010) and in
pregnant with a first child, and this phenomenon is increasing each year, therefore,
the government should exert effort in resolving the issue (Salvador, J. et al., 2016).
It is a story that may not be too pleasant, but one that is repeated all too often.
Teen pregnancy is an obvious rising issue in our society (Sabado, T., 2019).
Some 16.5 million Filipinos belong to the 15-24-year-old age group. We are
forced with a glaring truth that at a very young age, a lot of young people today
have children of their own. 30% of all births belong to this age group; and by the
age of 20, 25% of the youth are already mothers. This shocking truth about
teenage pregnancy in the Philippines should wake the government and parents
and find out how the teenagers or the respondents would perceive the suggestions
that we will give. This study will focus on the perception of students on the best
pregnancy?
This study will be limited to the Teenagers of Davao Occidental, who are
finding 126 randomly selected teenagers or students from the academic track of
the Senior High School of Mariano Peralta National High School to become the
This study will help in controlling the escalating rate of teenage pregnancy
by the suggestion that we will give about the best ways to prevent teenage
pregnancy. Parents will also get benefits as they will know what they could do to
guide their children from this phenomenon. This will also help the government in
themselves, would also benefit from this. This research will also help future
researchers who want to study the same topic as a guide for their research papers.