Awareness in Teenage Pregnancy

Marbel School of Science and Technology Inc.
Purok, Upper Valley, Bo.2 Koronadal City
THE AWARENESS OF TEENAGE PREGNANCY AMONG STUDENTS IN

SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL OF MARBEL SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY
CHAPTER 1
THE PROBLEM
INTRODUCTION
Teenage pregnancy is a situation which involves female adolescents. A

teenage female is a female between 13 to19 in age. But sometimes preteen’s people
under 13 can become pregnant as well. The fact that teenagers become pregnant is
related to many factors. These are related to the specific situation of the teenager, and
the group that she interacts with. The rate of teenage pregnancy vary from country to
country and are related to differences of sexual activities, the general sex education
being provided and contraceptives being available. Social matters also play a role:
often, the teenager grew up in poverty. She also often has a lower level of general
Education. And it also one of the reasons why there are many teens who are now
pregnant it is because of technology that are popular in our modern days where they
can easily connect in harmonious and drastic sites, because nowadays teens are so
adventurous and love to discover a new things that are not suitable in their age.
Here in the Philippines, we believe in the saying of our national hero Dr.
Jose Rizal that “Youth is the hope of our mother land”. And their hand lies the future
generation to follow. But as we see from the situation nowadays, what we are expecting
from the youth is contrary in the saying. Teenagers are prone to pregnancy. Almost
every year there is a rapid increase on the number of pregnant youths. One of the major
causes of this problem is that the generation nowadays grew up in a broken family. The
parents either the father or the mother chose to leave their children’s behind because of
the fact that they cannot handle their obligations and provide the needs of their
children’s or even a third party. And also the influence of other people they might teach
other teens to do things that might fallen into a situation where they could be harm.
In relation to this problem the government is now working on the Reproductive health
Bill RH Bill as one of the most effective solution not only to the teenagers but also to the
increasing population of our country.
Statement of the problem
This research aims to know how knowledgeable and aware is, the Senior high school
students of Marbel School of Science and technology about the teenage pregnancy.
Specifically it sought to determine the following:
A. Increase the awareness about teenage pregnancy.
B. For them to be aware about teenage pregnancy.
C. To find out how knowledgeable the students are about teenage pregnancy.
D. To help prevent from indulging from this early pregnancy.
Significance of the study
The study would provide insights and information on the following;
Teenagers - they are the one who are involved in this problem. They could be help by
informing them about teenage pregnancy they could realize the effects of teenage
pregnancy and how could it change their whole life.
Parents - they could be more knowledgeable in awareness of teenage pregnancy and

on how they can guide their children to be better.
Community members - they could build a strong alliance against teenage

pregnancy and they could be more productive part of the community in terms of
cooperating and promoting awareness especially in teenage pregnancy.
Others – they would get a broader knowledge on how the teenage pregnancy work in
the society.
Scope and Delimitation of the study
This study aimed to discuss the awareness of teens about teenage pregnancy and to
know the importance of it. We conduct this study to know the perceptions among the
students of Senior high school in Marbel School of science and technology. Lastly to
know if there are aware about this kind of topic.
Definition of terms
Teenage pregnancy- also known as adolescent pregnancy, is pregnancy in a

Female under the age of 20. Pregnancy can occur with sexual intercourse after the start
of ovulation, which can be before the first menstrual period (menarche) but usually
occurs after the onset of periods.
Sex education- Sex education is high quality teaching and learning about a broad
variety of topics related to sex and sexuality, exploring values and beliefs about those
topics and gaining the skills that are needed to navigate relationships and manage
one’s own sexual heal
Sexual activities- activities associated with sexual intercourse.
Reproductive health Bill RH Bill- The Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive

Health Act of 2012 (Republic Act No. 10354), informally known as the Reproductive
Health Law or RH Law, is a law in the Philippines, which guarantees universal access to
methods on contraception, fertility control, sexual education, and maternal care
Chapter II
Review of related literature
This section has included the concepts that guide the researchers in conducting this
study and which were used to formulate the conceptual framework. This portion have also an
attempt to present the ideas of different author locally and abroad who have conducted
researchers and studies related to this work and helped in the conceptualization and the design
of this study.
Conceptual framework
AWARENESS
IN TEENAGE
PREGNANCY
Effect of being Influence that Reasons why Effect of being

aware in leads to teens are aware in
teenage teenage tremendous in teenage
pregnancy pregnancy teenage pregnancy
pregnancy
Figure 1. Conceptual framework
Review related literature
Nowadays teens are engage in different activities trying to pursue their

wants for them to satisfy their pleasure. Adolescence is a stage where teenagers adjust
in their physical and emotional changes in life (Lerner & Steinberg, 2004). Teenagers
prefer to go with their peers rather than with their parents due to strong peer pressure.
Early adolescence also represent the period of sexual maturation.
Teenage pregnancy is not like any other issue there in the whole world although it
seems to be a common concern, it does not seem to bother people that much. Not until
they are personally affected by the issue or until they finally realized that it had been
increasing in number of affected people that it slowly reached an abnormal stage or the
point that it affected too many lives already and too many aspects of living. Teenage
pregnancy is mostly unplanned, and as a result, people react to the experience
differently. The teenager has to come to terms with the unexpected demands of being
an adult, and in some cases, she may also have to deal with disapproval and
dissatisfaction shown by significant others like parents and relatives (Clemens,

2002).According to Macleod and Durrheim (2003), teenage pregnancy as a social
problem that leads to the disruption of schooling; poor obstetric outcomes, inadequate
mothering; poor child outcomes; relationship difficulties with relatives, partners and
peers; and demographic concerns about increasing population numbers. In major
cases, teenage mothers are not in a position to go back to school after delivery as they
are forced to look after their children. In some cases, these young mothers’ physical
health conditions do not make it conducive for them to go back to school. While some
young women may be prevented from going back to school as a result of these factors,
De Jang (2001) found that there are some cases of teenagers who may use their
pregnant status to deliberately escape the demands of high school education.
Depression is one of the problems that results to teenage pregnancy of the women.
According to the psychodynamic theory, depression is presented as a disorder that can
be linked to real or imagined object loss (Gee and Rhodes 2003). According to Giddens
(2001:23), cultural factors refer to culture as the way of life of the members of a society,
or of groups within a society
1. WHAT ARE THE MAIN PROBLEMS OF THE TEENAGERS THAT LEADS THEM TO
DO INAPPROPRIATE ACTIVITIES?
2. WHY DOES TEENS ENGAGE IN EARLY PREGNANCY?
3. WHY DOES SOME TEENAGERS WANTS TO EXPERIENCE INTIMACY?
4. WHY ARE THEY CHOOSING TO DO SUCH THINGS RATHER THAN FACING THE
PROBLEMS?
5. WHY DO THEY NEED TO BE REBELLIOUS?
6. DOES SEX IS IMPORTANT WHEN YOU HAVE A PARTNER? WHY?
7. WHY DOES SOME TEENAGERS ARE DOING IT?
8. WHAT ARE THE COMMON REASONS WHY ARE THEY ENGAGING IN EARLY
PREGNANCY?
9. WHY DO TEENAGERS REALLY GET PREGNANT?
10. WHY DOES OTHER TEENAGERS CHOOSE TO ABORT THE BABY IF THEY
GOT PREGNANT?
11. WHY ARE SOME TEENAGERS CHOOSE TO TAKE SEX AS A PAST TIME?
12. DO YOU AGREE THAT ONE OF THE MAJOR REASON WHY TEENS ARE
ENGAGE IN TEENAGE PREGNANCY IS FAMILY PROBLEM? WHY?
13. WHAT ARE THE RESULTS OF EARLY PREGNANCY?
14. IS LACK OF EDUCATION IS ONE OF THE REASON WHY TEENS ARE ENGAGE
IN TEENAGE PREGNANCY? WHY?
15. DOES IT AFFECTS YOUR LIFE? WHY?
mothering; poor child outcomes; relationship difficulties with relatives, partners and
peers; and demographic concerns about increasing population numbers. In major
cases, teenage mothers are not in a position to go back to school after delivery as they
are forced to look after their children. In some cases, these young mothers’ physical
health conditions do not make it conducive for them to go back to school. While some
young women may be prevented from going back to school as a result of these factors,
De Jang (2001) found that there are some cases of teenagers who may use their
pregnant status to deliberately escape the demands of high school education.
Depression is one of the problems that results to teenage pregnancy of the women.
According to the psychodynamic theory, depression is presented as a disorder that can
be linked to real or imagined object loss (Gee and Rhodes 2003). According to Giddens
(2001:23), cultural factors refer to culture as the way of life of the members of a society,
or of groups within a society.

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Marbel School of Science and Technology Inc.

Purok, Upper Valley, Bo.2 Koronadal City

THE AWARENESS OF TEENAGE PREGNANCY AMONG STUDENTS IN

Teenage pregnancy is a situation which involves female adolescents. A

Statement of the problem

Significance of the study

The study would provide insights and information on the following;

Parents - they could be more knowledgeable in awareness of teenage pregnancy and

Community members - they could build a strong alliance against teenage

Scope and Delimitation of the study

Teenage pregnancy- also known as adolescent pregnancy, is pregnancy in a

Sexual activities- activities associated with sexual intercourse.

Reproductive health Bill RH Bill- The Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive

Review of related literature

Effect of being Influence that Reasons why Effect of being

Review related literature

Nowadays teens are engage in different activities trying to pursue their

dissatisfaction shown by significant others like parents and relatives (Clemens,

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