Teenage pregnancy is one of the socio-economic problems that we face in our societies. The slides aims at addressing this problem to try and control the rate of Teenage pregnancy

1. Teenage
Pregnancy
Socio-Economic Issues:

2. What is
Teenage
Pregnancy?
Teenage Pregnancy also
known as adolescent
pregnancy is when a girl
aged between 12-19 falls
pregnant.
Pregnancy occur
when both women and men
have vaginal sex.

3. Symptoms
 Nausea
 Frequent urination
 Mood swings
 Always feeling tired
 Miss your periods

4. What are the causes of Teenage Pregnancy?
Peer Pressure
Lack of information on birth control methods
Lack of sexual education
Lack of parental
guidance
Rape/Exploitation of
young girls by older men
Myths

5. Lack of sexual education
 Sexual Education can be a sensitive topic and it is seen as a taboo to openly
talk about sex; hence, it becomes very difficult to educate young girls and boys
about sex, it impacts, and ways in which they can protect themselves.
 This put most of the teenage girls in high risk of getting pregnant and
transmitting the sexually transmitted diseases (STI's/STD's)

6. Peer Pressure
 Peer Pressure is when the adolescents feeling the pressure of doing something
because they saw it done by others that are on the same age as theirs.
 Most of young girls engage themselves into sexual intercourse because they
saw their peers also having it.

7. Lack of information on birth control methods
 Teenagers are not educated about the precaution measures that they can take
to prevent pregnancy, and some do know but they are not taking them. This is
mostly because they:
 They are afraid of what their parents will do to them when they find out.
 They think that when they are on birth control, they might not be able to
conceive in future
 Some think that they will not fall pregnant when they have sex for the first time.

8. Lack of parental guidance
 Teens who fall pregnant are mostly the ones that lack their parental guidance. In most
cases, it is when the mother is always not around for their girls' children to talk and
guide them to make healthy, responsible, and value-based decisions about sex.
 When parents have poor parenting skills such as being too lenient or too harsh about
the rules at home, teen girls are likely to get pregnant.
 The reason behind teens getting pregnant is mostly because some parent does not
build healthy relationships with their kids, that will enable them and their children to be
able to talk about everything that involves sex freely.

9. Myth
 One of the reasons as to why young girls fall pregnant at an early stage is a myth that
they can never fall pregnant when it is their first time, as result, they have unprotected
sex.
 They convince each other that they will not fall pregnant when they have sex while they
are on their periods.
 Parents also tends to not educate their kids about safe sex because when they teach
their kids about sex, they will want to experiment it.
 Young girls convince each other to drink home-made remedies that will prevent
pregnancy and end up not protecting themselves when havingsex.

10. Effect of Teenage Pregnancy
High rate of school dropouts
STI/STD
Pre-term
birth/Premature
birth
Post-Patrum
depression

11. High rate of school dropouts
 Most teen moms are unable to balance school with having to take care of the
child simultaneously, as a result, they are always absent in school.
 They perform poorly on their academics during and after pregnancy which
leads to them dropping out of school.

12. STI/STD
 Adolescent who involve themselves on sexual intercourse are at high risks of
transmitting infections or diseases.
 For teens who have sex during pregnancy, STD's such as Chlamydia and HIV
are major concern, it can infect the growing child and the uterus.
 To prevent transmitting STI/STD's, teenagers must practice safe sex.

13. Pre-term/Premature birth
 A pre-term birth is a birth that takes place 3 weeks before the baby's estimated
date. This means that a premature birth happens when the mother gives birth
before the start of the 37th week of her pregnancy.
 Premature babies are at risk of experiencing respiratory, digestion, cognitive
and other problems.

14. Depression
 Depression starts after delivering a baby, this is mostly because teen moms do
not have someone to talk to.
 Due to lack of support from family members, they are less likely to eat healthy,
exercise and get enough sleep
 This leads to teen mom being unable to take care of her baby and leads to
suicidal thoughts.

15. How can teenage pregnancy be prevented?
Educating
adolescents about sex
and different types of
birth control methods.
Encouraging them to
abstain.
All the types of birth
control must available
and accessible.

16. Encourage teens to abstain.
 The best way of preventing teenage pregnancy is through encouraging teen to
abstain from sexual activities.
 Abstaining will protect them from the STD's/STI's as well as getting pregnant at
an early age.

17. Educating adolescent about sex and other
types of birth-control methods.
 Teenagers who are already sexually active must be educated about ways in
which they can engage themselves on a protected sex.
 Information about the usage of different contraceptive method must accessible
to them always.

18. All types of birth control must be available
and accessible.
 Nurses or any professional health care worker that is responsible for giving
teenagers contraceptive pills, injections, patch, and etc. must ensure not to
judge the teens when they come and ask for them.
 These different types of contraceptives should be made available and easily
accessible.
 By taking the safety precautions, Teenage pregnancy can be prevented.

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