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The document discusses Executive Order No. 141 issued by President Duterte to address the rising rate of teenage pregnancy in the Philippines. Some key points: - Teenage pregnancy is defined as pregnancy in women aged 10-19 and refers to pregnancy before reaching legal adulthood. - The Philippines has the 2nd highest rate of teenage pregnancy in Southeast Asia, with an estimated 538 babies born daily to teenage mothers. - Factors that contribute to teenage pregnancy include peer pressure, lack of sexual education, early sexual activity, and lack of parental supervision. - Consequences of teenage pregnancy include poor health outcomes for both mother and child, interrupted education, unemployment, and poverty. - Interventions to address teenage

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Teenage Pregnancy

The document discusses Executive Order No. 141 issued by President Duterte to address the rising rate of teenage pregnancy in the Philippines. Some key points: - Teenage pregnancy is defined as pregnancy in women aged 10-19 and refers to pregnancy before reaching legal adulthood. - The Philippines has the 2nd highest rate of teenage pregnancy in Southeast Asia, with an estimated 538 babies born daily to teenage mothers. - Factors that contribute to teenage pregnancy include peer pressure, lack of sexual education, early sexual activity, and lack of parental supervision. - Consequences of teenage pregnancy include poor health outcomes for both mother and child, interrupted education, unemployment, and poverty. - Interventions to address teenage

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Executive order no.141, s.2021

June 25, 2021 —ADOPTING AS A


NATIONAL PRIORITY THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF MEASURES
TO ADDRESS THE ROOT CAUSES
OF THE RISING NUMBER OF
TEENAGE
by. PRRD
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TEENAGE
PREGNANCY
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TEENAGE PREGNANCY
• Pregnancy in a woman 10-19 years of age (World

Health Organization)

• Adolescent Pregnancy

• Refers to women who became pregnant, who have not


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reached legal adulthood.


GLOBAL STATISTICS

● Pregnancy and childbirth ● 5.6 million abortion occur


complications for girls aged each year among adolescent
15 to 19 is the leading girls. 3.9 million are unsafe.
caused of death
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PHILIPINE STATISTICS
• Philippines has the 2nd highest rate
of teenage pregnancy in Southeast
Asia.

• An estimated of 538 babies are


born to Filipino teenage mothers
every single day.

• One in a 10 young Filipino women


age 15 to 19 is already a mother or
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pregnant with first child.


REASONS TEENAGERS SAY YES TO SEX

CURIOSITY REBELLION CONFORMIT SEXUAL CONQUEST


Y
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PHYSICAL SAVETHE FEEL INTIMATE AND


SATSFACTION RELATIONSHIP CARED FOR
TEENAGE PREGNANCY FACTORS
• Peer pressure

• Early initiation to sexual activity

• Limited access to sexual education and sexual

health services
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● Lack of parental supervision

● Exposure to suggestive or explicit media,


films, magazines, music

● Failure to comply with religious principles


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CONSEQUENCES/ IMPACT OF TEENAGE
PREGNANCY
• Poor nutrition on health for both the mother
and the child.
• Support from the child’s father is usually
minimal or none at all.
• Fewer opportunities for employment
especially if educational attainment has
been impaired
• School interruption
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• Unemployment and Poverty


Health risk of TP

• Hypertension
• Emotional and mental
health problems
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• Premature birth
• Low birth weight
• Breastfeeding problems
• Anaemia
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TEENAGE
PREGNANCY CAUSES
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• Lack of information
about sexual and
reproductive health
and rights
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●Inadequate access
to services tailored
to young people
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• Unprotected sex

• Multiple partners

• Transactional or commercial sex


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● Sexual violence

● Child, early and forced


marriage

● Lack of education or dropping


out of school.
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TEENAGE PREGNANCY
EFFECTS
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• Smoking drugs
• Depression
TEENAGE • Exhaustion
• Medical Complications
PREGNANC
Y EFFECTS • Neglect of baby
• Emotional distress
• Trouble with finances
• Worries of the future

• Delayed education
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TEENAGE PREGNACY: INTERVENTIONS
Prevention Services

Increase in Avoidance of Practice of Utilization of


Knowledge risky protective Services
behaviour behaviours

Prevention of Morbidity Case Management Services


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Utilization Prevention of
of services mortality
• Comprehensive Sexuality Education
Senate Bill 1334 ‘Prevention of Adolescent Pregnancy Act of 2020’
proposed by Senator Risa Hontiveros
TEENAGE
PREGNANCY • Counselling in schools
INTERVENTIONS
• Dep Ed is prohibiting the penalizing of
students in public schools because of
pregnancy
• The school should have a designated guidance
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counsellor that would counsel teenager about


REMEMBER

1.LEARN TO SAY NO. Wait until you are mentally


and emotionally prepared to have sex. Do not be
pressured by anyone to do so.

2.LEARN TO RESPECT YOUR BODY. Do not


smoke, drink liquor or o not drugs. Let other
respect your body too.
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3.AVOID SITUATIONS where you will be
meeting strangers like eyeballing, chatting with
strangers through the computer or texting

4.APPROACH a trust adult for help such as your


guidance counsellor, school nurse, teacher etc.
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We cannot always
build the future for
our youth, but we
can build our youth
...to tell the story.
for the future.’’
FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT
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