EARLY PREGNANCY AMONG TEENAGERS
EARLY PREGNANCY AMONG TEENAGERS
EARLY PREGNANCY AMONG TEENAGERS
Session Objectives: At the end of the session, learners will be able to:
a) Define teenage pregnancy;
b) Identify the causes of teenage pregnancy;
c) Write a reflection on how to prevent early pregnancy;
Session Objectives: At the end of the session, learners will be able to:
a) Define teenage pregnancy;
b) Identify the causes of teenage pregnancy;
c) Write a reflection on how to prevent early pregnancy;
Session Objectives: At the end of the session, learners will be able to:
a) Define teenage pregnancy;
b) Identify the causes of teenage pregnancy;
c) Write a reflection on how to prevent early pregnancy;
A teenager is a young adult between thirteen and nineteen years old.
Pregnancy is a condition of a woman and some female animals having
young developing inside the womb. Teenage pregnancy is then the
condition in which the young adult or female fall pregnant at an early age
of adolescence.
What causes teenage pregnancy?
- Lack of information about sexual and reproductive health and rights
- Inadequate access to services tailored to young people.
- Family, community, and social pressure to marry.
- Sexual violence - Child, early and forced marriage, which can be both a
cause and a consequence.
- Lack of education or school drop-out.
How can we prevent Teenage Pregnancy?
 Health Education
 Skill based Health Education
 Life Skill Education
 Family Life Education
 Counselling for emotional stress Prevention of Adolescent Pregnancy Act
of 2017.
A teenager is a young adult between thirteen and nineteen years old.
Pregnancy is a condition of a woman and some female animals having
young developing inside the womb. Teenage pregnancy is then the
condition in which the young adult or female fall pregnant at an early age
of adolescence.
What causes teenage pregnancy?
- Lack of information about sexual and reproductive health and rights
- Inadequate access to services tailored to young people.
- Family, community, and social pressure to marry.
- Sexual violence - Child, early and forced marriage, which can be both a
cause and a consequence.
- Lack of education or school drop-out.
How can we prevent Teenage Pregnancy?
 Health Education
 Skill based Health Education
 Life Skill Education
 Family Life Education
 Counselling for emotional stress Prevention of Adolescent Pregnancy Act
of 2017.
A teenager is a young adult between thirteen and nineteen years old.
Pregnancy is a condition of a woman and some female animals having
young developing inside the womb. Teenage pregnancy is then the
condition in which the young adult or female fall pregnant at an early
age of adolescence.
What causes teenage pregnancy?
- Lack of information about sexual and reproductive health and rights
- Inadequate access to services tailored to young people.
- Family, community, and social pressure to marry.
- Sexual violence - Child, early and forced marriage, which can be both a
cause and a consequence.
- Lack of education or school drop-out.
How can we prevent Teenage Pregnancy?
 Health Education
 Skill based Health Education
 Life Skill Education
 Family Life Education
 Counselling for emotional stress Prevention of Adolescent
Pregnancy Act of 2017.
This Act provides full and comprehensive information to adolescents that
can help them prevent early unintended pregnancies and their life-long
consequences. The bill establishes the Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention
Inter-Agency Council (APPIAC), which shall be responsible for the
formulation and implementation of policies and programs that shall
provide family-oriented, adolescentfriendly sexual and reproductive health
programs, centered on the prevention, counseling and post-delivery care of
adolescent pregnancy
This Act provides full and comprehensive information to adolescents that
can help them prevent early unintended pregnancies and their life-long
consequences. The bill establishes the Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention
Inter-Agency Council (APPIAC), which shall be responsible for the
formulation and implementation of policies and programs that shall
provide family-oriented, adolescentfriendly sexual and reproductive health
programs, centered on the prevention, counseling and post-delivery care of
adolescent pregnancy
This Act provides full and comprehensive information to adolescents that
can help them prevent early unintended pregnancies and their life-long
consequences. The bill establishes the Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention
Inter-Agency Council (APPIAC), which shall be responsible for the
formulation and implementation of policies and programs that shall
provide family-oriented, adolescentfriendly sexual and reproductive health
programs, centered on the prevention, counseling and
post-delivery care of adolescent pregnancy
1. What is the ideal age for pregnancy?
2. How do you know if you are ready for pregnancy?.
3. Write your self-reflection about teenage pregnancy and how you will
prevent it.
1. What is the ideal age for pregnancy?
2. How do you know if you are ready for pregnancy?.
3. Write your self-reflection about teenage pregnancy and how you will
prevent it.
1. What is the ideal age for pregnancy?
2. How do you know if you are ready for pregnancy?.
3. Write your self-reflection about teenage pregnancy and how you will
prevent it.