INTRODUCTION:

Teen age pregnancies among young adults are often unplanned and challenging for

the future life of mother and child. The increase of health problems for both mother and child

occur during teen pregnancy. Teen pregnancy impacts adolescent development in all aspects;

physical, emotional, cognitive, and social development. The negative consequences result from

teen age pregnancy like, low income, increased school drop-out rates, lower educational levels,

and increased rates of substance abuse. Teen age pregnancy will lead to risky behaviours that

increase the like hood of teen pregnancy. The primary risks are; poverty, low socioeconomic

status, limited maternal education. Every teen has a dream to graduate in high school and

college, but some teens are not willing to take the challenge some of these teens want to drop out

of high school and other teens want to keep furthering their education. For some students there

are obstacle that life throw at them to be able to accomplish their goals. Earning an education is

challenging enough. When there is a teen parents trying to finish their education it become more

difficult of them to attend classes than as a ordinary teens. In education there is a big impact on

teen parents for trying to accomplish their goals in schooling. There is interventions that shown

to address the issues related to teen pregnancy sexual behaviour such as reducing sexual partners,

reducing unprotected sexual intercourse and decreasing teen pregnancy. There is a teen outreach

program for healthy teen transition. It is an intervention program that some schools already

offered, after school programs and community settings. The outreach program of healthy teen

transition goal is to help teens build relationships with supportive adults, build interpersonal

skills and critical thinking. The effort of program, the adolescents will develop a positive view of

their future through various opportunities and experiences.

association between teenage pregnancy and academic progression place evidence that education

should put height on sociality adhering to teenage pregnancy. Understanding teenage pregnancy

with UK context is adamant to the purpose of study. Thus the expectation that teenage pregnancy

will be reduced by proper academic programs, school based prevention ways towards teenage

pregnancy. The need to find out basis if such teenage pregnancy has positive effect on academic

progression, meaning towards a positive behavior of teenagers’ are having academic life.

Nowadays, we have been facing the most rampant issue, concerning today’s society,

which is called early or teenage pregnancy. As an individual, we are also concerning of this

certain issue so we want to make actions to create changes in the continuous growth in our

population, especially in our society by implementing this Early Pregnancy Awareness Seminar.

Early Pregnancy Awareness Seminar is a project with the motto to educate people, especially

teenagers for them to obtain knowledge and full understanding about early pregnancy. Our main

aim is to prove awareness and self-prevention of the consequences regarding early pregnancy

and to reduce the continuous growth of early pregnancy within our country.
Background if study

Here in the Philippines, we believe in the saying of our national hero Dr. Jose P. Rizal that

"Youth is the Hope of our Motherland". In their hand lies the future generation to follow.

But as we see from the situation nowadays, what we’re expecting from the youth is the

contrary if the saying. Teenagers are prone to pregnancy. Almost every year there is a rapid

increase on the number of pregnant youths. One if the major causes of this problem is that most

of the youths nowadays grew up in broken homes. Parents either the father or mother of the

youths chose to leave their children behind, because of the fact that they cannot handle anymore

their obligation as parents.

Teenage pregnancy among young adults is often unplanned and challenging for the future

life of mother and child. The increase risk of health problems for both mother and baby occur

during pregnancy. Teen pregnancy impacts adolescent development in all aspects; physical,

emotional, cognitive, and social development. Negative consequences result from teen

pregnancy like, low income, increased school dropout rates, lower educational levels and

increased rates of substances abuse. Teen pregnancy will lead to risky behaviors that increase the

like hoed of teen pregnancy. Primary risks are; poverty, low socioeconomic status, limited

maternal education. Every teen has dream to graduate in high school and college, but some teens

are not willing to take the challenge. Some of these teens want to drop out of high school and

other teens want to keep furthering their education.

Earning an education is challenging enough, but when there is a teen parent trying to finish their

education it becomes more difficult of them to attend classes than as a ordinary teens. In

education there is a big impact on teen parents’ fir trying to accomplish their goals in schooling.
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

Teenage pregnancy has a direct implication on school dropout among girls and a

subsequent contributor to the disparities experienced in the education of both girls and boys.

Teenage pregnancy causes personal, family and societal problems. For example, when a teenage

girl gets pregnant, she suffers serious consequences. She also makes her family members to

suffer. The girl’s carelessness forces her family members to intervene so as to help her cope with

the pregnancy. This ends up overburdening her family members. Therefore, it is the role of the

person who impregnates the girl to cater for her financial and emotional needs so that she can be

In this study, it will seek to answer the following questions.

1. At what age did you become sexually active?

2. Was the pregnant planned?

3. Why do young adults engaged in premarital sex?

4. How to prevent the early pregnancy in the young adults.

5. Do the people around you respect your current situation at such young age?

6. As a teen aged mother, how do you plan to support your child’s financial needs?

7. Did you ever think of aborting the baby?

8. Do you still continue your education?

9. As a teen aged mother, how do you plan to support your child’s financial needs?
10. Are you or your partner currently working? If yes, where do you see you’re self in term of

occupation?

11. Can you manage financially, emotionally and mentally your current situation?

12. Do you still continue to pursue your education?

13. Do the people around you respect your situation at such young age?
Please check the corresponding column to provide your level of agreement of each statement.

Strongly Agree Not Disagree Strongly

agree certain disagree

1. Is teenage pregnancy is risky?

2. Is pregnant teenagers suffering stigma

and isolation?

3. Parents or guardians are can be blamed

for teenage pregnancy?

4. Is teenage mothers regret becoming

pregnant?

5. Is sex education for teenagers received

at school is sufficient?

6. Do you believe that society is

responsible for teen pregnancy?

7. The teenage mothers get bullied?

8. Should we offer birth control or

condoms to under ages?

that are pregnant?

10. Should there be abortion options

without parents’ consents?