project for empowerment technology grade 12-abm2

1. Teenage pregnancy
Nicole Gregorio
Victorias National High School
Victorias City, Negros Occidental

2. 
 Premarital sex is sexual activity practiced by persons
who are unmarried.
 Dating is the primary cause for premarital sex.
 Effect of premarital sex is teenage pregnancy.
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What is premarital sex?

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 Teenage pregnancy is pregnancy in a woman 19
years of age or younger. A woman can get pregnant
if she has vaginal sex with a man at any age after
she’s begun having regular monthly periods.
 Occur with sexual intercourse.
What is teenage
pregnancy?

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5. 
 Signs of pregnancy include:
 missed or very light period
 breast tenderness
 nausea, often in the morning
 vomiting
 feeling lightheaded
 fainting
 weight gain
 feeling tired
 swelling abdomen
What are the signs of
pregnancy?

6. 
The following questions may help you work out what is the best decision
at this time in your life:
 Do you have support from family or a partner?
 What does being a parent mean to you?
 Who can you call on to offer you support
emotionally and financially?
 Where do you see yourself in one, two and five
years’ time?
Take the time to think!

7. 
 Parents may experience shock, disappointment, anxiety,
anger and sometimes a sense of guilt or responsibility.
 There may be a loss of their dreams for their daughter (or
son).
 Some of the choices available could go against parents’
values.
 If their daughter does not tell them for a long time, they
may feel great disappointment in that she feared their
response so much.
 They may be concerned about what friends and other
family members think.
Issues for parents

8. 
Getting support from your family, friends and services in the community
can help you cope with being a young parent:
 See if there’s a way you can finish school if you
haven’t already.
 If you can stay with your parents while your child is
young, this may help you deal with the pressures of
caring for your child or coping financially.
For further help

9. 
Here are a few risks that are greater if you are pregnant before the age of
15 or you do not seek prenatal care:
 low birth weight/premature birth
 anemia (low iron levels)
 high blood pressure/pregnancy induced hypertension,
PIH (can lead to preeclampsia)
 a higher rate of infant mortality (death)
 possible greater risk of cephalopelvic disproportion* (the
baby’s head is wider than the pelvic opening)
Pregnancy In Your
Teen Years

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11. 
 Drugs and Alcohol
o may drink and experiment with drugs frequently with their
friends at social gatherings and parties.
 Low Socio-economic Status
o these children often come from families who are suffering from
poverty and do not have all the necessary resources to raise
their child.
 Peer Pressure and Sexual Abuse
o often females may be pressured or forced by an older male
partner to engage in sexual activity.
 Media Influence
o glorify the idea of having a child to inter in premarital sex.
Causes of Teenage
Pregnancy

12. 
 Lack of proper sex education
 Lack of supportive parents and family
 Exposure to sexual violence
o Sexual abuse at home. Unhealthy environment at
home.
 Stressful lifestyle
o A depressive lifestyle can always lead an individual to
look out for something which in which they will find
momentary pleasure

13. 
 Family and Peer Support
• increase their resilience
 Education/Knowledge
• have a reliable and trustworthy adult to confide in
having an approachable and knowledgeable
Assisting Adolescent
Parents and Prevention

14. 
The only way to be sure you won’t get pregnant is to
not have sexual intercourse. However, there are
many methods to reduce your chances of becoming
pregnant if you’re sexually active.
How can teenage pregnancy
be prevented?

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• https://www.quora.com/What-is-teenage-pregnancys-cause-and-
effect
• https://www.healthline.com/health/adolescent-pregnancy#otc-
birth-control
• https://www.google.com.ph/search?q=premarital+sex&rlz=1C1R
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• https://www.google.com.ph/search?q=teenage+pregnancy&rlz=1
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• https://www.pregnancybirthbaby.org.au/teenage-pregnancy
• https://www.childtrends.org/indicators/teen-pregnancy
References:

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Thank you!