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A Thesis Presented to
The Faculty of the Senior High School of Tupsan National High School
Culmination
By:
Raine Tadle
Abegael Recto
Elvie Caangay
Marime Vicente
Kimberly Lagare
May-ann aboc
March 2019
TUPSAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
APPROVAL SHEET
The THESIS entitled, “INFANT CARE PRACTICES AMONG TEENAGE MOTHER”
prepared and submitted by RAINE V. TADLE, ABEGAEL S. RECTO, MAY ANN T.
ABOC, MARIME T. VICENTE, KIMBERLY M. LAGARE AND ELVIE C. CAANGAY
in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the course
Has been examined and is recommended for accepted and approval for ORAL
EXAMINATION.
BERNADETTE D. DOMOLOAN
Adviser
VERGELIO W. OYAN
Chairman
ACCEPTED and APPROVED in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the course
RESEARCH PROJECT / CULMINA.TION.
DORIS J. YU
School Head
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
who helped and supported us during the time that this study was conducted.
Parents & Family, to our precious parents from whom the researchers
drew strength and inspiration. Our parents who have always supported and
very much.
development of this paper the one who made this research possible by her
conduct the pre-test, post-test and final conduct of the questionnaire of our
study to test its reliability. Friends and other people, who are not mentioned but
-The researchers
DEDICATION
His/her loving parents, for their love, understanding and undying support to
Without them the researchers would not have been overcome the challenges
and
Inspired.
Raine Tadle
Abegael Recto
Elvie Caangay
Marime Vicente
Kimberly Lagare
May-ann aboc
ABSTRACT
Page
TITLE PAGE i
APPROVAL SHEET ii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT iii
DEDICATION iv
ABSTRACT v
LIST OF FIGURES ix
Chapter
Introduction 1
Definition of terms 8
3 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 14
Research Design
Research Setting
Research Instrument
Data Gathering Procedure 16
Categorization of Variables 17
Statistical Treatment 19
Summary 22
Findings
Conclusion
Recommendation 31
REFERENCES 44
B. Questionnaire 47
B Likert Scale
in Mambajao
LIST OF FIGURES
INTRODUCTION
for nursery facilities and home fostering, taking care of and nurturing from
March dimes (2013) said that during pregnancy their babies are
more likely to experience pre mature birth, low birth weight, and
malnutrition. The common issue in our society the reason of that is lack of
nutritious food the mother intake and the chemical that intake to the mother
permission of the doctor, Lack of breastfeeding also in that case baby will
put into harm complication such as birth defects, poor nose blowing
skills,irritation,common cold virus, anatomy and injuries that may put infant
knowledge on how to take good care of infant, to avoid the common issue
among infant care practices and to provide information supporting the need
(UNICEF) and other parents have developed the infant and young child
the right nutritious food despite the efforts, sierra Leone’s rates of early
Poblacion,Mambajao, Camiguin.
This study reveals similar figures with 64% ( 95% CL 50% to 70%)
not advised as it can increase the risk of diarrhea or other infections the
majority of mothers reported that they provided their child asked for
additional food than breast milk and that, in some cases, they believe
that, due to their nutritional status, their milk was not sufficiently nutritious
child’s father, the family and the community at large coupled with low
income. Due to rejection and challenges at home, over half of teenage
and delivery receiving some help during the last months of pregnancy
Signore,2005)
INDEPENDENT VARIABLES DEPENDENT VARIABES
mother in Mambajao.
MODERATOR VARIABLES
2. Age
characteristic?
1.2 Age
and family of income of the respondents, the teenage mother. This was
Infant. Infant will be beneficial to this study since they are the direct
actual jobs someday or when they will become mothers in the future. Data
of the study will be useful to future researchers who will conduct a parallel
study.
Rural Health Unit (RHU). The result of the Study will provide them
Barangay Council. The result of the study will keep them formulate
Infant care- refers to social welfare services concerning social support for
nurse ring facilities among fostering, taking care of and nurturing from 0-5
dividends
life.
taken from foreign and local materials. The review provided background
Teenage Mother
a mother at less that of 20 years of age, that is, before reaching adulthood
400,000 teen births in the United States. Nearly in 3 to 10 girls get pregnant
at least once before age 20; higher rates are reported among youth of color.
This rate is down from 19% in 2008, 19.3% in 2007, and 19.6% in 2006.1
Because they are teens, parents, in often low income, they need strong
teens are often overlooked in family and youth policies and practices. A
recent study found that slightly more than one-half of young mothers
received a high school diploma by the age of 22, compared with 89% of
women who had not had a child during their teen years. In a nationwide
survey of dropout youth, close to the one-half of all female dropouts and
their decisions to leave school. These young women are also more likely
teens are less likely to receive adequate prenatal care; they are more likely
give birth to low birth weight and pre-term infants. Thus, the consequences
of teen pregnancy are not isolated to mothers; their children are also greatly
affected this is why supports and services for pregnant and parenting teens
are so crucial.
increase the risk of poor health and wellbeing for both the mother and the
study of 3,886,364 pregnant women in the united states aged less than 25
with a live singleton birt95 and 2000.This study found that all cohort
members faced increased risks of pre-term delivery, low birth weight and
parental care and have gained less weight during pregnancy, Research
studies showing that weight gain during pregnancy might be more critical
the rate found by Sadler et el., (2007) who also found that life stress events,
the teenage mothers. Birkeland also conducted that the first year
them confronted this difficult time with limited psychological and social
teenagers who were not mothers. This was found to be part because most
They found that exposure to social stress and life trauma such as
7years after giving birth. It appeared that the respondent’s relationship with
her mother or father that was recalled as being emotionally cold was
associated with greater mental health risk than was the absence of the
parent. Low social support was also found to contribute significantly to poor
that the poor health of teenage mothers could possibly relate to their
Infant Care
concerning support for nursery facilities and home fostering, taking care of
and nurturing from 0-5 years old infants in a healthy safe manner, while
providing them with education that is suitable for their mental and physical
developmental characteristics.
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
RESEARCH DESIGN
RESEARCH SETTING
2015 census was 10,623. This represented the 27.42% of the total of
Mambajao
Figure2. Location Map of the Study
RESEARCH INSTRUMENT
questionnaire for the respondents consisted of two parts: Part 1 was all
tested for validity and reliability by means of expert validity and pretest-
3,000
4,000
5,000
6,000
7,000
8,000
9,000
10,000 above
Age
13-14
15-16
17-19
To quantify the responses of the respondents, the researcher used the five-
point Likert scale with the assigned statistical limits and descriptive
equivalents.
Table B
Likert scale
practiced
4 3.41-4.20 Much MP
Practiced
practiced
2 1.81-2.60 Less LP
practiced
1 1.00-1.80 Not NP
practiced
STATISTICAL TREATMENT
The analysis and interpretation of the gathered data of the study was aided
gathered data of the study was aided by the statistical tool, ANNOVA
and T-test. The formula of these statistics was not reflected here
since the researchers made use of the statistical package for social
collected from the survey. The data are presented in a tabular form,
analyzed and interpreted in the same order as the questions were raised
Table 1 shows the respondents profile of the Infant Care Practices Among
Teenage Mother as to monthly family income. As indicated in the table, 3
(10%) said that their family monthly income earned 3,000; 3 (10%) have an
earning 4,000; 11 (37%) have an income of 5,000; 3 (10%) have an income
of 6,000; 4 (13%) have an income of 7,000, 3 (10%) have an income of
8,000; 1 (3%) have an income of 9,000; 2 (7%) have an income of 10,000.
Table 2.
Table 3
discussion revealed that some of the respondents did not use diapers due
to meager family. Some did not change diapers every 4 hours. Sterilizing
are the other hand is also moderately practiced since some of the teenage
between its findings and the research reported chapter 2 of the study. It
also contains some general conclusions regarding the results. The chapter
ends with recommendations regarding this study and for future studies.
researchers insights regarding the findings and limitations of the study, the
chapter and the first set of recommendations are directed and will be
benefited toward the Teenage mothers, Infant care, Rural Health Unit
SUMMARY
The study was conducted to look into teenage mother’s profile and
infant care practices among teenage mothers in which the result would
serve as a basis for a proper care practices.1) What is the profile of the
Mambajao, Camiguin
FINDINGS
income they earned monthly is 5,000 and below with an average of (37%).
2.The study found out that the majority of the respondent’s age who early
got pregnant is 17-19 years old with a frequency of 18 and the percentage
3. It was found out that the highest practices of infant care is bathing
practices with the weighted mean of 4.15, standard deviation of 4.3 and
with the descriptive value of much practiced and the lowest is in dressing
and sterilizing with the mean of 2.8 and with the descriptive value of
Moderately Practiced.
CONCLUSION
were drawn:
getting pregnant at young age, but also about the proper infant care
mother. The study shows that independent variable of the study is the
extent of infant care practices used by teenage mother in Poblacion
Mambajao Camiguin. And infant care practices among teenage mother, the
dependent variable
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Personal Background
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Camiguin
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Camiguin
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Camiguin
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Parents
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Brgy.Captain
Magting,Mambajao,Camiguin
Dear Mr.Bocboc:
Good Day,
School who are currently enrolled in Practical Research 1. The title of our
we would like to ask your permission to conduct the pre-test and post- test of
the questionnaire of our study to test its reliability. Data will be gathered from
the questionnaire for your perusal. Comments and suggestions are most
welcome
We are hoping for your positive response to our request. Thank you very
much
Respectfully yours,
Raine Tadle
Abegael Recto
Kimberly Lagare
Elvie Caangay
May-ann Aboc
Marime Vicente
Researchers
Noted by:
Teacher
Recommending Approval:
MRS.DORIS J. YU
Principal-Designate, TNHS
Barangay Captain