Pinoy Youth:

The Adolescent
Health and
Development
Program of
POPCOM
 Overview of the Presentation
I. The Adolescent Health and Development Program: an Overview

II. Resources available for Comprehensive Sexuality Education:

qParent-Teen Talk
qLearning Package on Parent Education on Adolescent Health and
Development
qSexually Healthy and Personally Effective Adolescent Modules
qOnline Resources:
§ Films for Adolescent Health and Development
§ Website and Social Media
§ Helpline for Family Planning and Adolescent Health and
Development
THE FILIPINO ADOLESCENTS

20.7million in 2015
20%
of the total population
BIRTHS AMONG ADOLESCENTS

8.6%
15-19 years old who
have begun childbearing

1.8 million
Source: 2017 National Demographic and
Health Survey
 PHILIPPINE POPULATION MANAGEMENT PROGRAM (PPMP)

AHD Video
PILIIN ANG
PANGARAP
Huwag ang
sandaling sarap!
MY DREAM, MY CHOICE!
 The Main Objective

To reduce by half the

incidence of adolescent
pregnancy and prevent
repeat pregnancies
 Reaching out to parents and
stakeholders to guide adolescents
in forming responsible sexuality
 Parental
Communication
on Sexuality
SESSIONS PARENT TRACK TEEN TRACK

1 Getting Started (Opening Program)

2 My Adolescence Journey (When I was Young/When I Grow Up)

Body Talk: Rediscovering my Adolescence

3 Body Talk: Appreciating my Adolescence (Station 1)
(Station 1)
Parenting Talk: Parenting my Adolescents Parental Relationship Talk: Relating with my
4
(Station 2) Parents (Station 2)

Protective Talk: Protecting my Adolescent Risky Talk: Protecting Myself from Risks and Threats
5
from Risks and Threats (Station 3) (Station 3)

Growing Together Talk: Talking to my Growing Together Talk: Talking to my Parents

6
Adolescent Effectively (Station 4) Effectively (Station 4)

Bridging Session
7 Heart-to-Heart Talk: Nurturing a Healthy, Empowering and Respectful Teen-Parent (HEART)
Communicative Relationship

8 Closing Session
 My Adolescence Journey
(When I was Young/When I Grow Up)
 KEY MESSAGES
• Developmental tasks during adolescence
is summarized into four “I’s”
• Identity and Individuality
• Independence
• Intimacy and
• Intellectual Ability
Station 1: Body Talk
For Parents: Rediscovering my Adolescence
For Teens: Appreciating my Adolescence
Station 2:
Parenting Talk: Parenting my Adolescents
Parental Relationship Talk: Relating with my Parents
Station 3: Protective Talk: Protecting my Adolescent from
Risks and Threats
Risky Talk: Protecting Myself from Risks and Threats
Station 4: Growing Together Talk:
Talking to my Adolescent Effectively
Growing Together Talk:
Talking to my Parents Effectively
 Training Tools for Parents of Adolescents:
Learning Package on Parent Education for Adolescent
Health and Development

• Me as a Parent
• Me and my Family
• Knowing and Understanding
my Adolescent
• Building a Positive Relationship
with my Adolescent
• Harnessing my Adolescent with
Life Skills
 What is the Aim of this Toolkit?

§ Increase awareness of learners’ values and

attitudes, and explore positive and enabling
attitudes towards Sexual and Reproductive
Health;

§ Develop life skills, particularly life planning,

critical thinking, negotiation, assertive
communication, problem-solving, and
making better choices.
 Key Features of the SHAPE Adolescents

§ a full course that addresses the three facets

of change in adolescence – physical,
psychological, and social changes.

§ Consists of five (5) interdependent modules

– a preparatory and four core modules.
 Key Features of the SHAPE Adolescents

c.Module 1 -4 include a pretest and post-test

exercises and learning sessions.

d.Each learning session is made up of an

opening activity, activity processing guide,
key learning points (key facts and key
messages), and a closing activity.
Module 1: Growing Up

Focuses on the physiological or physical changes at

puberty:

• Identification of puberty changes in males and females,

emphasizing growth spurt and sexual maturation as the
most important changes.

• Detailed discussion of sexual maturation by illustrating

how puberty prepares the body for reproduction (male
and female fertility) and how pregnancy occurs
(fertilization and sexual intercourse).
Module 2: Changing Feelings and Expectations

Emotional changes at puberty which are often

not given enough attention:

• This module allows participants to acknowledge

and identify the different new feelings they have,
and examine how such feelings shape their body
image and their relationship with other people.
Module 3: Changing Relationships

This module deals with adolescents’ changing

relationship with family and peers, and their
growing interest in sexual relationships:

• Provides participants with knowledge, attitude,

and skills they need to effectively relate with their
family, choose peers, and deal with sexual feelings
and attractions.
Module 4: Having a Safe, Healthy, and Happy
Adolescence

Centers on building important attitude and skills

that adolescents need to have:

• a safe, healthy, and happy journey to adulthood

which include: building or improving self-esteem;
keeping one’s body clean, tidy, and fit; being
respectful and responsible in romantic and sexual
relationships; using the internet safely and
responsibly; communicating assertively; and
making better choices.
Reaching out to adolescents in online and
digital media (e.g. social media).
 Adolescent Health and Development
Independent Film Festival

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3DOlyxjEZA
U4U: Youth for Youth Initiative
Anong bakas ang iyong iiwan?

Aims to deliver critical

information to Young Filipinos
to prevent or reduce the
incidence of early pregnancy
and sexually transmitted
infections including HIV/AIDS.
 Online Portal
(www.u4u.ph)

A dynamic and
interactive website
that allows teen
users to learn about
self-identity, life
skills, friendships and
health advocacy
among others.
 Advocating for local
policies and programs to
prevent exposure of
adolescents to risky
behaviors
Information and
Service Delivery
Network (ISDN)
 Contents
• Understanding the Needs and Issues of
Adolescents in the Community

• Mapping Available Interventions and

Services for Adolescents Within the
Community

• Setting-up and Mobilizing the Coordinative

Structure and Referral System for the ISDN
 Contents
• Establishing the Adolescent Health and
Development Teen Center

• Promoting the ISDN and Teen Center

• Monitoring and Evaluating the AHD and ISDN

Programs
Policy Research
“Post-Millennial Filipinos:
Renewed Hope vs Risks”
(Further Studies of the Young
Adult Fertility and Sexuality
Study)

Ø Composed of 17 regional
papers that tackle various
issues of young people based
on the YAFS Study 4 data.
 COVID-19 Initiatives
and Adolescent Health
and Development
Usap Tayo Helplines