H E A L T H T R E N D S

I S S U E S A N D

C O N C E R N S
 OBJECTIVES
Discuss the existing health related
laws
 
Appreciate Laws in relation to the
Health Trends, Issues and Concerns

Reflect on the discussed existing

laws
in relation to the Health Trends,
Issues and Concerns
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G __ I_A_C_
GUIDANCE
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FAMILY
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BIRTH
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NUTRITION
RA 10354

RESPONSIBLE PARENTHOOD AND REPRODUCTIVE

HEALTH ACT

SIgnificance, Impacts, a n d Ways of M a n a g in g

 When will you able to say that your
PARENTS are RESPONSIBLE ?

o R e s p o n si b l e p a r e n t h o o d
is t h e will and ability o f
parent( s) to respond to
the needs and aspirations o f
the f a m i l y a n d children.
 Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive
health Act of 2012 RA 10354
The family is the basic structure of the society. Healthy families make for a healthy country.

Our country is considered to be the 39th most densely populated country, with a density of over
335 per square kilometer as it was stated year 2010 by CIA Factbook.

In the 2015 census, our country’s population is at 100, 981, 437, and to this year 111,548,019 .
through this issue on the relationship between population and poverty is highly debatable.

Based on the experience of other Asian countries, it has been recognized

that the government-funded family planning program is crucial in reducing incident
of poverty in the country.
 Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive
health Act of 2012 RA 10354

It is a law in the Philippines that guarantees

universal access to methods and contraception,
fertility control, sexual education, and maternal
care. It is also Informally known as the
Reproductive Health Law or RH Law.
 What is Responsible
Parenthood?
Parenthood is generally considered as a natural outcome of
marriage . It is about raising children and supporting their needs
financially, morally, educationally, teaching them values , and
giving them love and care.
Parenthood is one of the most important duties
in our society

Parenthood means centering on someone else’s

needs beside one’s own. The best reason to have
a child is the desire to love and guide a child.
Children need guidance in growing and developing
one self and being responsible individual.
 Couple should consider the 3R’s before
becoming parents.

1. The Reasons for wanting a child.

2. The Resources needed to raise a child.

3. The Responsibilities one has as a parent

What is Responsible Parenthood?

• Parents plan and work to meet the goals of their family.

• They plan the desired number, spacing, and timing of their

health status, socio-economic concerns, and religious

convictions.

• Parent responds to the need of their children.

 What are the RESPONSIBILITIES of
PARENTS?

• Set aside a quantity time as well as quality time to spend

with children.
• Teach rules to ensure the health and safety of children.
• Give love and affection.
• Teach with positive attitude.
• Teach moral and ethical values.
• Teach self-discipline and self-control with effective
discipline.
• Provide economic security.
• Recognize that children have rights and respect those
rights.
 What is Reproductive Health?
It refers to the state of complete
physical, mental, and social well-being
and not merely the absence of disease
relating to the reproductive system
and to its function and processes. This
implies that people are able to have a
responsible, safe, and consensual sex
life.
 What is Family Planning?
It is a program that provides information and a means for
couples and individuals to have the desire number of children
that they can responsibly raise.

Family planning is deciding the number of children a married couple

would want.

This program also provides access safe, effective, affordable,

non-abortifacient modern, natural, and artificial methods
of pregnancy planning.
What is the importance of Family planning?

 To Mothers: Taking a two- to three-year interval for delivery

helps a mother to recover and regain health. Family planning
also gives mothers time and opportunity to give sufficient
attention to themselves, their families, and their communities. It
may also provide them enough time for treatment of chronic
illnesses and may also prevent young and old mothers from
unexpected pregnancy.
To Children: The practice of family
planning helps healthy mothers raise
healthy children. Children get quality
time and attention from their parents;
they also have more opportunities to
enjoy and be secure knowing that their
needs such as food, clothing, and good
education are being provided.
To Fathers: Family planning lightens the burden and
responsibility of the father in supporting his family as
there are only a few to support. It gives his family a
better home, education, and good future, thus, keeping
them happy and contented. This also allows him to
have time for himself, and his wife and children. It also
affords the feeling of fulfillment. Having extra resource
and enough time, he can actively participate in the
community . It may also help those fathers with chronic
illneses and give them time for treatment.
To Family: Family members have more
opportunities to enjoy each other’s company. It
enables them to have savings that can be use
for emergencies and to improve their living
standards.

To the Community: Family planning improves the economic and

social status of the community. There will be better job
opportunities and extra resources like skills, money, time, and
materials to share in the community. The community will be a
healthful place to live in with more land, open spaces between
houses, playground, sanitation, and less pollution. More time will
be available to socialize among community members and
participate in school, community, and other socio-civic activities.
 What are the birth control methods?
Methods Advantages Disadvantages

-Inexpensive -Very ineffective

Withdrawal -No supplies, advance -women trust men to withdraw
prevention, and side effects as orgasm approaches
-Men share responsibility

-Effective immediately for 24 -moistened before insertion

Contraceptive Sponge hours after insertion -may be embarrassing to use
-Can help in protection against -May cause vaginal irritation
STDs -difficult to insert or remove
-relatively expensive
What are the birth control methods?
Periodic Abstinence -No supplies and side -Difficult to use when
Calendar Method effects menstrual cycles are
Basal body Temperature -Men share responsibility irregular
Cervical Mucus method -Women discover their -necessary abstinence
Symptothermal method bodies -Needs lengthy instruction
and ongoing counseling

-No health risks -Limited availability

Cervical Cap -Can help in protection
against some STDs and
cervical cancer
-No health risk -Inserted 5 to 30 minutes
Spermicide -can help in protection before coitus
against STDs -30 to 60 minutes
-Can be used with effectiveness
condoms to increase -may be embarrassing to
effectiveness use
 Method Advantages Disadvantages
-No health risks -Inserted with jelly/foam before
-Can help in protection against coitus and left in place at least 6
Diaphragm with spermicide some STDs and cervical cancer hours after coitus
-Fit by health care personnel
-May be embarrassing to use
-Inconvenient to clean, store,
and carry

-No health risks -Put on just before coitus

Male condom and male condom -Inexpensive, easy to use, and -Decreased Sensation
with spermicide easy to obtain
-Effective on some STDs
-Men Share responsibility

-Relatively easy to use -Less effectiveness and STD

-No prescription protection than male condom
Female Condom -Polyurethane better than latex -device that extends outside the
-Some STD protection vagina; more expensive than
-men share responsibility male condom
 Method Advantages Disadvantages
-Easy to use -Risk of pelvic inflammatory
-highly effective disease and Infertility in women
-No interference with coitus with multiple sexual partner
Intrauterine Device (IUD) -No need to repeat action -Not recommended for women
without any child
-Inserted by health care
Personnel
-Can cause heavy bleeding and
pain in women

Combine pill -Easy to use -Must be taken everyday

(estrogen-progestin) -highly effective -Medical examination and
-Doesn’t interfere with coitus prescription required
Triphasic Pill

-Regulates menstrual cycle -possibility of circulatory

Minipill (progestin only) -Reduce heavy bleeding and problems like blood clotting,
menstrual pain strokes and hypertension
-helps protect from ovarian and
endometrial cancer
 Method Advantages Disadvantages
-Easy to use -physician supervision
Depo-Provera -Highly effective for three -administered by injection
months -May cause irregular
-Continued use prevents menstrual spotting
menstruation

-Highly effective for five years -requires Surgery

Sub dermal implant -helps prevent anemia and -May cause irregular
(progestin Only) regulates menstrual cycle menstrual spotting

-Permanent -Surgery related risk

Tubal Ligation -Removes fear of pregnancy -Generally considered
irreversible

-Permanent -Generally considered

Vasectomy -Removes fear of pregnancy irreversible