Lecturer Subject Topic Venue Participants

: Buque, Jennevy R. : NCM-107 (RLE) : Teenage Pregnancy : Kalayaan High School : Fourth Year Students

TEACHING PLAN

I. Goal General Objectives: To promote health of the school populace ang provide health education about teenage pregnancy. Specific Objectives:

To reduce the prevalence rate of teenage pregnancy

II. Content What is teenage pregnancy? Teen pregnancy is teenage pregnancy. It can be defined as an underage girl becoming pregnant, unintended pregnancy during adolescence. . While a lady technically stay in their teens until the age of twenty, the term is applied to those under the age of threshold of legal adulthood. The adulthood begins at the age of 16 years in some places and 18 years in others. The normal age of menarche (appearance of first menstrual period in a girl), is 12.5-14 years. However, the figure varies by ethnicity and weight. The first ovulation occurs only irregularly until after a girl reaches her menarche. The average age of menarche has been continuously declining all across the world. The fertility leads to early pregnancy depends on various factors including personal and societal.

Statistics In the United States show that each year, almost 1 million teenage women.10 percent of all women aged 15-19 and 19 percent of those who have had sexual intercourse.become pregnant and one-fourth of teenage mothers have a second child within two years of their first. In the Philippines, according to the 2002 Young Adult Fertility and Sexuality Study by the University of the Philippines Population Institute (Uppi) and the Demographic Research and Development Foundation, 26 percent of our Filipino youth nationwide from ages 15 to 25 admitted to having a premarital sex experience. What?s worse is that 38 percent of our youth are already in a live-in arrangement. Approximately 750,000 of 15- to 19-year-olds become pregnant each year, according to The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, though many teenagers do not believe that they will get pregnant if they engage in sexual activity. The 1998 National Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) reveals that 3.6 million of our teenagers (that?s a whopping 5.2 percent of our population!) got pregnant. In 92 percent of these teens, the pregnancy was unplanned, and the majority, 78 percent, did not even use contraceptives the first time they had sex. Many of the youth are clueless that even on a single intercourse, they could wind up pregnant.

Risks Teenage mothers and their babies are at increased risk for health problems and often face further social and economic struggles. Teen Health Risks Pregnant teens are at a greater risk of developing anemia and high blood pressure, and are the least likely age group to seek adequate prenatal care, putting themselves and their babies in danger of serious complications. Baby Health Risks Babies of teen mothers are more likely to be born prematurely and have low birthweights, often resulting in serious health problems and death. Financial Struggles The difficulty of raising a baby at a young age causes many teen moms to drop out of high school and struggle financially due to their limited career options. Depression Depression is common among pregnant teens who may feel fearful, anxious and overwhelmed about impending motherhood. Academic Struggles According to the March of Dimes, children born to teen mothers are 50 percent more likely to repeat a grade in school and are more likely to drop out of high school.

a number of the causes are still debatable. In the developed countries, the main causes of teenage pregnancy is the result of inadequate sex education among the teenagers, alcohol abuse, sexual abuse, higher rates of poverty, lower education levels etc. Those responsible for teenage pregnancy in the developing and under developed countries are quite different from that of the causes given above. Financial constraints, domestic or sexual violence, child marriage, media exhibiting sex and pornography to sell their stuffs etc are some of the factors that cause unwanted pregnancy among teenagers.

Causes of teenage pregnancy

Other than those stated above, following are some of the contributing factors or causes of teenage pregnancy: 1) Lack of Parental Guidance: Most people evade their children from talking about sex. In some cases, they provide false information regarding sex and discourage their children to participate in any informative discussion about sex. In some cases, teenage mothers are not well educated about sex before getting pregnant and thus this leads to lack of communication between the parents and the children. 2) Adolescent Sexual Behavior: Among the adolescents, peer pressure is a major factor that encourages the teenage boys and girls to indulge in sexual activities. Early dating, as early as 12 years of age, is another factor that contributes to teen pregnancy. According to a research, 29% of teens were pressurized to have sex, 33% of teens were sexually active and that they felt things moving fast sexually. 3) Inadequate Knowledge about Safe Sex: Most adolescents are unaware of safe sex. They probably have no access to the traditional methods of preventing pregnancy. And the main reason behind is that they are either too embarrassed or fear to seek information about it. It was found that more than 80% of teenage pregnancies are unintended. 4) Exploitation by Older Men: This is another major factor that contributes to pregnancy among the teenagers. Those girls who date older men are more likely to become pregnant before they attain womanhood. Rape, sexual exploitations etc. also takes place that leads to unwanted pregnancy among teenage girls. 5) Socio Economic Factors: Teenage girls who belong to the poor families are more likely to become pregnant. Researchers have found that even in the developed countries teenage pregnancy occurs most commonly among the deprived sections.

Effects of teenage pregnancies on teenage girls A teenager girl gets scarred when she comes to know about her unplanned teen pregnancy. This could be hard to believe and difficult to express. She cannot disclose this serious matter to anyone and in some cases not to even her boyfriend because of whom she became pregnant. She cannot decide whether to keep a baby or to drop it. A teenage girl becomes mentally disturb and may start some addiction. There will be fear of losing social image among friends

and relatives. Most of the time, teenage pregnancy is terminated by abortion, which is quite an illegal process in many countries. Some of the common emotional effects of teenage pregnancies are described as below:

Frustration that she cannot concentrate on any subject. Confusion that she cannot make positive decisions. Fear that she cannot disclose the matter to any one and stops talking. Resentment that she gets anger on a trifle matters. Prevent teen pregnancy: Here are some tips you can use with your teen involving the whole family to prevent teen pregnancy: a. Discourage early, steady dating. Encourage friendships, groups of friends and going out with a group activities. Some kids have boyfriends/girlfriends just because they are bored. Get your teen out and about with a youth group, organized sport, hobby, etc. Allow your teen to invite friends to you home for a movie night or games. The more your teen's friends hang out together as a group, the less time they will spend as couples. b. Three of four girls and over half of boys report that girls who have sex do so because their boyfriends want them to. Help them make a plan to get out of situations before they are in them. Make a plan on how to walk away from someone who may be pressuring them to have sex. Make another on how to stop when they are feeling sexually charged. Let's face it, our teens have hormones, and they are hard to deal with, so give them the words to use. c. Talk with your teen early and often about sex, contraception, your morals and values.The primary reason that teenage girls who have never had intercourse give for abstaining from sex is that having sex would be against their religious or moral values. d. Teens are influenced by what you do more than by what you say. If you demonstrate responsibility in your own relationships, they will be more likely to do the same in their own. e. Make their future attractive by teaching your teen to dream. Tell them they have the capability to be whatever they want to be... the sky is the limit! Send away for college catalogs by the time they are 15, send away for some from France, Hawaii, etc. Do everything to make their future look brighter than being a mommy or daddy at the age of 17. f. Whether they're having sex or not, they need to be prepared, they need to know how to avoid pregnancy. Parents rate high among many teens as trustworthy and preferred information sources on birth control. One in two teens say they "trust" their parents most for reliable and complete information about birth control, only 12 percent say a friend. g. Use those good old fashioned rules and curfews. Your teen may be telling you that you are the only parent that does, or you may be the only parent that does, so be it. The best way to show you love your teen is to establish the limits and enforce them.

III. Methodology Discussion

IV. Time Frame

Time 8:00-8:05 8:05-8:15 8:15-8:30 8:30-8:45 8:45-9:00 9:00-9:30 9:30-12:00 12:00-1:00 1:00-2:00 2:00-3:45 3:45-4:00 4:00-5:00

Activity Opening prayer Checking of attendance & paraphernalia Cheking of requirements Pre-conference Break Lecture Health Assessment Lunch Break Lecture Health Assessment Quiz Post Conference

V. Material Visual aids VI. Pre-test and Post test VII. Reference http://www.ehow.com/facts_5471408_introduction-teenage-pregnancy.html http://www.healthcareveda.com/post/Causes-of-Teenage-Pregnancy.aspx http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/lifestyle/lifestyle/view/20080614-142572/Teenpregnancies-in-the-Philippines http://parentingteens.about.com/cs/teenpregprev/a/teenpreg234.htm http://www.pregnancy.ayurvediccure.com/teen-pregnancy.html

POST TEST

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Fill in the blanks The normal age of menarche is 1-2.) ___ - ___years. In the 3.) ___, according to the 2002 Young Adult Fertility and Sexuality Study by the University of the Philippines Population Institute (Uppi) and the Demographic Research and Development Foundation,4.) ____ percent of our Filipino youth nationwide from ages 5-6.) ___ to ____admitted to having a premarital sex experience. In the United States show that each year, almost 7.) _____million teenage women.10 percent of all women aged 8.) ___-19 and 9.) ____ percent of those who have had sexual intercourse.become pregnant.

10-14.) Define Teenage Pregnancy

Enumeration 15-17.) Give 3 Causes of teenage pregnancy

18-20.) Give 3 How to Prevent teen pregnancy