All about Teenage Pregnancy. (Knowlegde, consequences, outcome and solutions)

1. TEENAGE PREGNANCY
BY:STEFHANIE A. SIGUA
HUMSS 11-ST.PEDRO CALUNGSOD

2. What is Teenage
Pregnancy? Teenage pregnancy is defined as
occurring between thirteen and
nineteen years of age. There are,
however, girls as young as ten who
are sexually active and occasionally
become pregnant and give birth.
The vast majority of teenage births
in the United States occurs among
girls between fifteen and nineteen
years of age.

3. What is The Main
Cause of this?
Teenage pregnancy in SA is a
multifaceted problem with many
contributing factors such as
poverty, gender inequalities,
gender-based violence, substance
use, poor access to contraceptives
and issues with termination of
pregnancy; low, inconsistent and
incorrect use of contraceptives,
limited number of healthcare.

4. Consequences of
Teenage Pregnancy.
The problems and
complications faced during
any pregnancy, there are
many consequences of
becoming pregnant as a teen
which includes mental
problems, social and
financial problems and also
risk of death.

5. Economic
Consequences.
Teen pregnancy costs U.S.
taxpayers about $11 billion per
year due to increased health
care and foster care, increased
incarceration rates among
children of teen parents, and
lost tax revenue because of
lower educational attainment
and income among teen
mothers.

6. Risk of Teenage
Pregnancy
Teens are at a higher risk for
pregnancy-related high blood
pressure (preeclampsia) and
its complications than average
age mothers. Risks for the baby
include premature birth and low
birth weight. Preeclampsia can
also harm the kidneys or even
be fatal for mother or baby.

7. How does Teenage
Pregnancy affect
Society?
Social consequences of
adolescent pregnancy
Adolescent pregnancy can also
have negative social and
economic effects on girls, their
families and communities.
Unmarried pregnant
adolescents may face stigma or
rejection by parents and peers
and threats of violence.

8. How Does This
Affect You And Your
Chld?
-Teenage pregnancy can be a crisis for
your teen and your family. Common
reactions might include anger, guilt
and denial. Your teen might also
experience anxiety, fear, shock and
depression.
-It is clear that being a child of a
teenage mother often entails
numerous risks: low birth weight,
complications of the mother's
pregnancy and delivery, and health
problems associated with poor
perinatal outcomes; greater risk of
perinatal death; lower IQ and academic
achievement later on.

9. How Does Teenage
Pregnancy Affect
Education?
Having to balance
motherhood and education
simultaneously appears to be
an overwhelming experience
for teenage mothers. As a
result, irregular school
attendance and poor school
performance during and after
pregnancy often lead to the
girls dropping out of school.

10. Solutions for
Teenage Pregnancy
Suggestions for improving the situation included:
1) developing a community based approach which
utilizes school sex education integrated with
parent, church, and community groups,
2) increasing teenage knowledge of contraception,
and
3) providing counseling and medical and
psychological health, education, and nutrition of
the mother and father in order to reduce low birth
weight babies and the school dropout rates.
Advice to providers is to involved in supporting
community based adolescent pregnancy and
childbearing programs, and serving the needs of of
teenagers by providing contraceptive information
in confidence, and providing nonjudgmental
information to parents and teenagers on sexuality,
pregnancy and birth control.