Proponents: SHEILA MAE L. DIRECTO, ROZEL G. MALIFICIADO, GINGFE M.

VILLAMOR
Department/Learning Area/ Subject Group: ARALING-PANLIPUNAN
Theme: CHILD PROTECTION POLICY

TITLE: Prevalence of Early Pregnancies in Grade-10: Basis in the Development of

ARHF (Adolescence Reproductive Health Frame Work)

CONTEXT AND RATIONALE:

Early pregnancy is now very rampant in the society. According to the Philippine
National Statistic Office the teenage pregnancy rate is very alarming it has reached 60%
in the year 2000-2010 and it often occurs between the ages of 15-19 years old, in this
age the girls are still studying.

In 2019 or before the COVID-19 pandemic, some 2,411 girls aged 10 to 14 gave birth.
The surge of pregnant teenagers in the country has been long observed in the past 11
years. According to a two-month study of the DOST-NRCP led by Dr. Gloria Luz
Nelson, NRCP member of Division VIII (Social Sciences), a sociologist by training with
concentration on Population Studies, the pandemic is not the only cause of teenage
pregnancy, but several mediating factors such as, school closures, dysfunctional family,
and lack of access to sexual and reproductive health education.

RESEARCH QUESTIONS:
1. What is the level of awareness of ARHF?
2. What are the challenges encountered during pregnancy?
3. What appropriate to prevent early pregnancy in the midst of distance
learning?

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