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most influential on birth rates or rapid increase of pregnant youths to reduce teen pregnancy.
This study would like to focus on the influence of given variables on teenage pregnancy by
conducting a research and surveys. The influence of these variables on changes in birth rates will
help us to lessen the issues about the rapid increase on the number of pregnant youths. This study
will give us a knowledge on what will be the best and least focused solution based on the result.
In Philippines, teenage pregnancy affects 5.99 percent of Filipino girls which is the second
highest rate in Southeast Asia based on Save the Children’s Global Childhood Report (2019).
An estimated 538 babies are born to Filipino teenage mothers every single day, according to
Philippine Statistical Authority (2017). There is no single cause for the rising rate of teenage
pregnancy, but rather a combination of factors ranging from biological, social, and cultural.
These factors includes the following, but are not limited to (1) early sexual debut; (2) lack of
access to comprehensive sex information and education; (3) Parents, who are identified by
adolescents as one of their preferred source of information on Sexual Reproductive Health
information have limited communication skills; (4) lack of access to family planning services;
(5) cultural practices of early union; and (6) lack of adolescent sexuality and reproductive
health (ASRH) policies and its full-implementation. To curb the rise in teenage pregnancy
cases, Save the Children Philippines called for the enactment of the Teenage Pregnancy
Prevention bill, which will ensure the implementation of CSE in schools, training of teachers
to deliver CSE, and capacitating parents and carers to communicate sexuality education to
their children.
“In addition to education about sexuality, adolescents should also have access to
reproductive health services, with proper counseling by trained service providers in public
and private facilities,” said Dr. Miel Nora, ASRH Advisor for Save the Children Philippines.
“But this is just one part of the solution. It’s also vital that children can safely report cases of
alleged abuse or forced marriage with the knowledge that they will be protected. Together,
we need to help create a culture where boys and men respect the rights of girls and
women.”
“The efforts to combat teenage pregnancy should come from all the sectors of society. It
requires a joint effort of government, private sectors, civil society organizations,
communities, parents, caregivers and the entire citizenry, including youth themselves,” said
Atty. Muyot.
The 20 related literature i provided will help me to guide my quantitative research topic, the
teenage pregnancy.
RR Title: Why is teenage pregnancy conceptualized as a social problem? A review of
L1 quantitative research from the USA and UK
Source: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13691050310001643025
Generated Idea/Concept for my Study: To explore why teenage pregnancy is regarded by
researchers as a major social problem, a systematic review was conducted of published
research on the social influences on teenage pregnancy. UK studies often justified
investigating teenage pregnancy in terms of health. Research from the USA more often
viewed teenage pregnancy as problematic because of associated welfare expenditure. A few
studies from the USA regarded teenage parenting as mediating the intergenerational
transmission of poverty. These may have arisen from a combination of political, religious and
research design factors.
RR Title: Teenage pregnancy and social disadvantage: systematic review integrating controlled
L2 trials and qualitative studies
Source: https://www.bmj.com/content/339/bmj.b4254.full
Generated Idea/Concept for my Study: Systematic review, including a statistical meta-
analysis to determine the impact on teenage pregnancy of interventions that address the
social disadvantage associated with early parenthood and to assess the appropriateness of
such interventions for young people.
RR Title: Factors contributing to teenage pregnancy in the Capricorn District of the Limpopo
L3 Province
Source: http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2223-
62792012000100009
Generated Idea/Concept for my Study: Teenage pregnancy refers to pregnancy of a woman
of less than 19 years. It is found commonly amongst young people who have been
disadvantaged and have poor expectations with regard to either their education or job
market. Adolescents may lack knowledge of access to conventional methods of preventing
pregnancy, as they may be afraid to seek such information. The study purpose was to
identify factors contributing to teenage pregnancy in one village in the Capricorn District of
the Limpopo Province.
RR Title: Effectiveness of the 40 adolescent AIDS-risk reduction interventions: A quantitative
L4 review
Source: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1054139X96001693
Generated Idea/Concept for my Study: To review evaluations of Acquired
Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) prevention interventions targeting adolescents to
determine whether these efforts have been effective in reducing risk behaviors. To examine
the relation between intervention design issues and outcomes measures. For each outcome
assessed, a majority of studies found a positive intervention impact (88% of studies
assessing changes in knowledge; 58% changes in attitude, 60% changes in intention to use
condoms, 73% in condom use, and 64% in decreasing number of sexual partners).
Interventions that demonstrated an increase in intention to use a condom were significantly
more likely to be theory-based than those that did not show any significant changes in
intention (100% vs. 0%, p = .048). Interventions that increased condom use and decreased
the number of sexual partners were longer in duration than those that did not improve
these outcomes.
RR Title: Perceptions of teenage pregnancy among South African adolescents : research
L5 Source: https://journals.co.za/content/health/5/3/EJC35160
Generated Idea/Concept for my Study: This study sought to determine the attitudes,
perceptions and beliefs of a group of South African adolescents regarding teenage
pregnancy. A self-administered questionnaire was used to collect the data. The results
showed that both males and females held a negative attitude toward teenage pregnancy.
Pressure from males to engage in sex and reluctance to use contraceptives were perceived
as the main causes of teenage pregnancies. The participants believed that teenage
pregnancy brought shame on one's family and problems for the teenage mother. Possible
approaches of intervention are discussed.
RR Title: Effect of social exclusion on the risk of teenage pregnancy: development of hypotheses
L6 using baseline data from a randomised trial of sex education
Source: https://jech.bmj.com/content/57/11/871.short
Generated Idea/Concept for my Study: It is hypothesised that in determining risk of
teenage pregnancy, the two exposures are independent. Those disliking school might be at
greater risk of teenage pregnancy because they are more likely to see teenage pregnancy as
inevitable or positive.
RR Title: A Quantitative Survey on the Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices on Emergency
L7 Contraceptive Pills among Adult Female Students of a Tertiary Institution in Kaduna, Nigeria
Source: https://www.iomcworld.org/abstract/a-quantitative-survey-on-the-knowledge-
attitudes-and-practices-on-emergency-contraceptive-pills-among-adult-female-stude-
45941.html
Generated Idea/Concept for my Study: Quantitative cross-sectional survey of 220 fulltime
female students of the Kaduna polytechnic, over the age of 18 years, by administering
adapted questionnaires randomly. Students had poor knowledge of ECP, poor attitude
towards ECP and use of ECP was low. Increased uptake of ECP may be achieved using
appropriate reproductive health messages emphasizing its benefits through healthcare
professionals, teachers and peer educators.
RR Title: The Effect of Partners' Characteristics on Teenage Pregnancy and Its Resolution
L8 Source: https://www.jstor.org/stable/2673781
Generated Idea/Concept for my Study: More than 17% of teenage women are estimated to
have become pregnant during their first nonmarital teenage sexual relationship. About 44%
of these pregnancies result in a nonmarital birth and about 18% in a marital birth, while 37%
end in an abortion. The characteristics of teenage women and their partners appear to play
a role in nonmarital teenage pregnancy and its outcome. However, the estimated
relationships between one partner's characteristics and the probability of a nonmarital
pregnancy and its resolution are generally little affected by whether the other partner's
characteristics are also taken into account.
RR Title: An economic model of teenage pregnancy decision-making
L9 Source: https://link.springer.com/article/10.2307/2061408
Generated Idea/Concept for my Study: In this paper, we model unmarried teenagers’
decisions about their pregnancy outcome by considering that the teenager contrasts her
expected utility (1) as a married mother, (2) as an unmarried mother, or (3) after abortion.
RR Title: The risk of teenage pregnancy among transitioning foster youth: Implications for
L extending state care beyond age 18
10 Source: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0190740910001623
Generated Idea/Concept for my Study: This study is to examine how common teenage
pregnancy is among young women in and aging out of foster care and to determine whether
the risk of becoming pregnant can be reduced by extending foster care beyond age 18. The
study used data from the first two waves of the Midwest Evaluation of the Adult Functioning
of Former Foster Youth, a longitudinal study of foster youth making the transition to
adulthood in three Midwestern states, as well as the National Longitudinal Study of
Adolescent Health
RR Title: School-based teenage pregnancy prevention programs: A systematic review of
L randomized controlled trials
11 Source: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1054139X04001673
Generated Idea/Concept for my Study: Compared school-based abstinence-only programs
with those including contraceptive information (abstinence-plus) to determine which has
the greatest impact on teen pregnancy. A systematically reviewed all published randomized
controlled trials of secondary-school-based teen pregnancy prevention programs in the
United States that used sexual behavior, contraceptive knowledge, contraceptive use, and
pregnancy rates as outcomes.
RR Title: Practitioners' Perspectives on Effective Practices For Hispanic Teenage Pregnancy
L Prevention
12 Source: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1363/3614204
Generated Idea/Concept for my Study: Practitioners have valuable insight into the reality of
implementing culturally sensitive programs. Programs need to balance the often competing
values and goals of prevention programs with those of Hispanic youth culture and
experiences.
RR Title: Teenage Pregnancy Prevention: Statistics and Programs
L Source:
13 https://www.everycrsreport.com/files/20150226_RS20301_f18f59d89e39e7e9b41d90e82
c49a3b39ca8c12c.pdf
Generated Idea/Concept for my Study: In 2013, U.S. teen births accounted for 7.0% of all
births and 15.4% of all non marital births. The birth rate for U.S. teenagers (ages 15 through
19) increased in 2006 and 2007 after a steady decline since 1991. However, in each of 2008
through 2013, the teen birth rate dropped below the 2006 teen birth rate, reversing the
two-year upward trend. Although the birth rate for U.S. teens has dropped in 21 of the past
23 years, it remains higher than the teen birth rate of most industrialized nations.
Preventing teen pregnancy is generally considered a priority among policymakers and the
public because of its high economic, social, and health costs for teen parents and their
families.
RR Title: Effects of a Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Program in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
L Source: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/07399332.2014.910216
14 Generated Idea/Concept for my Study: Researchers aimed to determine the effects of a
teenage pregnancy (TP) prevention program for 816 high school students attending 16
KwaZulu-Natal, South African schools through a randomized control trial. Data were
collected at baseline and at the 8-month follow-up in 2009. Results were calculated using
multivariate analyses of program effects employing plus 6, and indicated significantly
healthier attitudes, including intentions to abstain from sex whilst at school, plans to
communicate with partners about teenage pregnancy, and increased reports of condom use.
RR Title: An Evaluation of a School-Based Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Program Using a Logic
L Model Framework
15 Source: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/10598405070230020801
Generated Idea/Concept for my Study: Teenage pregnancy and the subsequent social
morbidities associated with unintended pregnancies are complex issues facing school nurses
in their daily work. In contemporary practice, school nurses are being held to higher
standards of accountability and being asked to demonstrate the effective outcomes of their
interventions. The purpose of this article is to describe a logic model framework and how it
can be used by school nurses in the development, implementation, and evaluation of
school-based programs. A logic model framework that is dynamic and responsive will help to
build consensus and be a “map” of the program goals, activities, and outcomes.
RR Title: LIVED EXPERIENCES OF EARLY PREGNANCY AMONG TEENAGERS: A
L PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY
16 Source: https://d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net/35924608/2587-7610-1-PB_1.pdf?
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Generated Idea/Concept for my Study: This case study attempts to determine the lived
experiences of early pregnancy among high and low performing students in terms of the
causes, effects, challenges and their coping mechanisms. The naturalistic paradigm was used
in the study with the purposively chosen informants with varied tools to cross-check their
responses. Results show that curiosity, lack of sexual knowledge, financial and family
problems and uncontrolled emotions cause pregnancy among teenagers. Teenage mothers
face a lot of challenges after pregnancy like providing proper care and needs of their child.
The academic performance, the financial status and support of the family of teenage
mothers determine if they can pursue their studies and achieve their dreams in life. Sex and
sexuality education should not just be a concept but should be developed further as a
complete discipline and much more research should be conducted to that regard.
RR Title: Perceived, Psychological Impact of Teenage Pregnancy among Students
L Source: http://article.scinursingresearch.com/pdf/AJNR-6-2-3.pdf
17 Generated Idea/Concept for my Study: Most female at the age of 16-19 who are engaged
at teenage pregnancy are more likely to have psychological problems. Teenagers who are
engaged at teenage pregnancy mostly drop out of school and also, they are still depending
on their parents. Recommendation: Psychological intervention programs to minimize the
psychological problems experienced by pregnant teenagers conducted at Maternal Child
Health centers.
RR Title: A quantitative exploration of the sociocultural context of teenage pregnancy in Sri
L Lanka
18 Source: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12884-014-0394-y
Generated Idea/Concept for my Study: Over 60% of pregnant teenagers and male partners
indicated that the current pregnancy was planned; while 79% of pregnant teenagers and
85% of male partners welcomed the pregnancy. Most pregnant teenagers were living within
stable and supportive family environments, with 94% reporting that they felt ‘very well
supported’. Nevertheless, a sub-group of pregnant teenagers appeared to be vulnerable,
reporting unplanned and unhappy pregnancy; factors that were also associated with first
intercourse being reported as not wanted. Levels of reproductive and contraceptive
knowledge were poor among both pregnant teenagers and male partners. Just 46% of
teenagers and 64% of male partners knew that pregnancy was possible at first intercourse.
Mothers appear to be an important source of information and support for young women,
with peers being reported far less often.
RR Title: Matrix Analysis as a Complementary Analytic Strategy in Qualitative Inquiry
L Source: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/104973230201200611
19 Generated Idea/Concept for my Study: In the current health care environment, researchers
are asked to share meaningful results with interdisciplinary professional audiences,
concerned community members, students, policy makers, planners, and financial officers.
Emphasis is placed on effective health care outcomes and evidence, especially for
underserved and vulnerable populations. Any research strategy that facilitates the clear,
accurate communication of findings and voices will likely benefit groups targeted for
intervention with scarce resources. The author proposes matrix analysis as a strategy to
advance knowledge and enhance the development of evidence in qualitative research.
RR Title: Effectiveness of the 40 adolescent AIDS-risk reduction interventions: A quantitative
L review
20 Source: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1054139X96001693
Generated Idea/Concept for my Study: AIDS risk reduction interventions can be effective in
improving knowledge, attitudes, and behavioral intentions and in reducing risk practices. The
positive relationship between improved outcomes and several elements of intervention
design underscores the need for increased focus on intervention design in future studies.
My
Research Design Descriptive Research Design
Knowledge/insights of students
VI. Results
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VII. Implications and Conclusions
Based on graphical result, it shows that Students in Cupang National Highschool aged 12 to 16 with
complete knowledge of HIV have the highest percentage among students who emphasize the value
of education and knowledge about difficulties in being a young parent.
Based on the graphical result, the researcher arrived to these following conclusions:
1. The knowledge of students aged 12 to 16 says that HIV is the most influential in changing birth
rates or issues in teenage pregnancy.
2. Students with knowledge about difficulty in being a young parent have the lowest percentage so it
is necessary to give students more knowledge about it to reduce the teenage pregnancy issue.
3. Students who emphasize the value of education are almost the same percentage of students with
knowledge about difficulty in being a young parent therefore it is also necessary to give higher
knowledge to students about emphasizing the value of education.
VIII. References/Bibliography
Additional information Notes on contributors Chris Bonell Chris Bonell is Assistant Director of the
Social Science Research Unit. (n.d.). Why is teenage pregnancy conceptualized as a social problem? A
review of quantitative research from the USA and UK. Retrieved October 21, 2020, from
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13691050310001643025
Kim, N., Stanton, B., Li, X., Dickersin, K., & Galbraith, J. (1998, February 04). Effectiveness of the 40
adolescent AIDS-risk reduction interventions: A quantitative review. Retrieved October 21, 2020,
from https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1054139X96001693
Jolley, M. (2018, January 24). Young, poor and pregnant: Teen mums in the Philippines. Retrieved
October 21, 2020, from https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2018/1/24/young-poor-and-pregnant-
teen-mums-in-the-philippines