Teenage

pregnancy
What is teenage pregnancy?
 it is also known as adolescent pregnancy, is
pregnancy in a female under the age of 20.
 Pregnancy can occur with sexual intercourse after
the start of ovulation, which can be before the first
menstrual period (menarche) but usually occurs after
the onset of periods.

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Strength and
Weaknesses of a
research

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What are the
Strength of
Research
 Descriptive research can provide an in-depth
view of any topic we might want to study, and
the level of detail that we can find in descriptive
research is extremely valuable.
 This is particularly true of descriptive
research that is collected qualitatively.
What are the weaknesses of a
research
▸ The description of the project is so nebulous and
unfocused that the purpose of the research is unclear.
▸ The problem is unimportant or unlikely to yield new
information.
▸ The hypothesis is ill-defined, doubtful, or unsound, or
it rests on insufficient evidence.
 The problem is more complex than the investigator realizes.

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 Here are the strengths in the
study of Teenage pregnancy
▸ In developing countries that are expected to follow the sexual
behaviour patterns of developed countries, without offering
the levels of education and services for adolescents, the
consequences will be adolescent fecundity and STI prevalence
increase. The ignorance about sexuality and reproduction both
in parents, teachers and adolescents increases the early
initiation of coital relations and of unwanted pregnancies.

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▸ Social consequences are analyzed as: incomplete
education, more numerous families, difficulties in
maternal role, abandonment by the partner, fewer
possibilities of having a stable, qualified and well-paid
job, greater difficulty in improving their socioeconomic
level and less probability of social advancement, lack of
protection of the recognition of the child. Finally, based on
evidence, some measures that can reduce adverse
consequences on adolescent mothers, fathers and their
children are suggested.

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Weaknesses of the study of Teenage
pregnancy
▸ Extreme poverty and being the son or daughter of an adolescent mother
are risk factors of repeating the early pregnancy model. The application of
predictive risk criteria in pregnant adolescents to facilitate the rational use
of Health Services to diminish the maternal and perinatal mortality is
discussed as well as the social factors associated with adolescent
pregnancy as socioeconomic levels, structure - types and characteristics of
the family, early leaving school, schooling after delivery, female
employment, lack of sexual education, parental and family attitudes in
different periods of adolescent pregnancy, adolescent decisions on
pregnancy and children, unstable partner relationship and adoption as an
option.
 Group
member:
Paragoso, Rhea Jane
Bunayog, Rina Joy
Emata, Norgie Mae
Branzeula, Carl Edriane
Bonita, Daryl Gay
Capito, Leslie Gueen
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