Awareness on Consequences of Teenage Pregnancy among Adolescent at Ampipal VDC, Gorkha

Bhandari, Sushila Devi

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“…In our study, around two-fifths of the participants (39.4%) had poor knowledge regarding adolescent pregnancy, followed by average knowledge (31.2%) and good knowledge (29.4%). A study conducted in Gorkha District, Nepal indicated that around 30% of the participants had inadequate knowledge of adolescent pregnancy [ 36 ], and in a study conducted in India, the proportion of poor knowledge was similar [ 37 ]. A study at selected government junior colleges in India found that 25% of the participants had inadequate knowledge of adolescent pregnancy, slightly lower than the percentage with poor knowledge in our study [ 38 ].…”

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Prevalence and Factors Associated With Adolescent Pregnancy Among an Indigenous Ethnic Group in Rural Nepal: A Community-based Cross-sectional Study

Bhatta,

Pathak,

Subedi

2024

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Objectives: The Chepang people, an indigenous ethnic group in Nepal, experience substantial marginalization and socioeconomic disadvantages, making their communities among the most vulnerable in the region. This study aimed to determine the prevalence and factors associated with adolescent pregnancy in the Chepang communities of Raksirang Rural Municipality, Makwanpur District, Bagmati Province, Nepal.Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted from October 2022 to April 2023 among 231 Chepang women selected using simple random sampling from Raksirang Rural Municipality. A semi-structured questionnaire was used for interviewing the mothers. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed, using odds ratios with 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Variables with a variation inflation factor of more than 2 and a p-value of more than 0.25 were excluded from the final model.Results: The study revealed that the prevalence rate of adolescent pregnancy among Chepang women was 71.4% (95% CI, 65.14 to 77.16). A large percentage of participants (72.7%) were married before the age of 18 years. Poor knowledge of adolescent pregnancy (adjusted odds ratio [aOR], 10.3; 95% CI, 8.42 to 14.87), unplanned pregnancy (aOR, 13.3; 95% CI, 10.76 to 19.2), and lack of sex education (aOR, 6.57; 95% CI, 3.85 to 11.27) were significantly associated with adolescent pregnancy.Conclusions: The prevalence of adolescent pregnancy among the Chepang community was high. These findings highlighted the importance of raising awareness about the potential consequences of adolescent pregnancy and implementing comprehensive sexuality education programs for preventing adolescent pregnancies within this community.

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Prevalence and Factors Associated With Adolescent Pregnancy Among an Indigenous Ethnic Group in Rural Nepal: A Community-based Cross-sectional Study

Bhatta,

Pathak,

Subedi

2024

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“…There are other studies that found similar findings while other studies found different findings. For instance, in the study conducted among secondary school girls in Calabar, Nigeria it was found the main sources of contraceptive information were books/magazines and friends (28). Also, the study among senior high school students in Ahmedabad in India reported the prevalent sources of information mentioned were schools, books, friends, mass media and sexual partners (23).…”

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A cross sectional study on contraceptive knowledge, attitude and practice among teenage girls in secondary schools in Wanging’ombe district - Njombe Region.

Mbilinyi

Moshiro

2020

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Background: Low contraceptive knowledge and practice among sexually active teenage girls in secondary schools remain a significant issue in Tanzania. This accelerates the problem of teenage pregnancy which takes a heavy toll on teenage girls’ health and education well-being. Assessing the knowledge, attitude, and practice of contraceptive methods among teenage girls in secondary schools is of crucial importance in order to alleviate the problem.Methods: A cross sectional survey was done involving 600 school girls. A questionnaire was used to gather information on demographic characteristics, knowledge on contraceptive methods, use, access, attitude and knowledge on the consequences of teenage pregnancy. Descriptive statistics were used to summarize demographic characteristics. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to analyze factors associated with knowledge on contraceptive methods while controlling for potential confounders. Odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals were computed.Results: Sixty percent had knowledge on at least one contraceptive method. Among sexually active teenagers, fifteen percent reported to have ever used any form of contraceptive and ten percent were currently using contraceptives. Factors that were significantly associated with knowledge on any contraceptive methods were older age, higher class level, Muslim religion, urban residence, type of school, public school and middle-income economic condition. while teenage attitude towards contraceptives was positive (99.7%). About two thirds of the girls had knowledge on the consequences of teenage pregnancy.Conclusion: This article reveals that knowledge and use of contraceptive methods is still unsatisfactory and knowledge on the consequences of teenage pregnancy is unsatisfactory. The government and other stakeholders need to come up with effective interventions to alleviate the problem.Keywords: Knowledge, Access, Attitudes, Contraceptive methods, Teenage pregnancy.

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“…As the United Nations and international development agencies are drafting Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that will follow the Millennium Development Goals in 2015 and beyond, they should address the needs of 1.2 billon adolescents for transformation of the future of humanity. According to Nepal's 2011 Census, there are 6.4 million adolescents aged 10-19 and this cohort make up about 24% of the total population of Nepal (Bhandari, 2014). Adolescents are facing various sexual and reproductive health, behavioral and social problems created by traditional social norms and harmful practices such as Chhaupadi, dowry, child marriage, girls trafficking, drug abuse, gender based violence; teenage pregnancy, STI/HIV and other forms of abuse and exploitation.…”

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Social Accountability for Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health

Panthi

2017

Himalayan J. Soc. & Anth.

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Adolescent population of Nepal is facing health and social problems related to sexual, reproductive, behavioral and traditional social practices. Adolescent pregnancy, child marriage, unwanted pregnancies, Chhaupadhi (restrictions during menstruation and delivery), sexual-gender based violence, unsafe abortion, HIV/AIDS, drug addiction and suicide are major problems which have severe consequences in the lives of adolescents in Nepal. Addressing such daunting problems that adolescents are facing today needs holistic approach, going beyond health. Wider community support, civic engagement and social mobilizations are required to tackle the ASRH problems. Community Based Institutions (CBIs), Community Leaders and citizens have obligations to respond to the problems related with service delivery and ending harmful practice as a social accountability for protection, fulfill and upholding the rights of adolescents. In this context, the objective of this study is assess awareness and engagement capacity of citizens for addressing adolescent sexual and reproductive health problems as a social accountability in Baitadi District of Nepal. Descriptive and analytical research design were used to assess the level of awareness and empowerment from the citizen' perspectives. A total of 337 respondents affiliated with the five different types of community based institutions (CBIs) were interviewed using structured questionnaire for data collection and data analysis was done by using SPSS version 16.0. The preliminary results of the study reveals that majority of citizens were aware and informed about SRH problems of adolescents, citizens perceived that child-marriage (15%) is the main issue of adolescents in the community followed by Gender Based Violence (13.4%) and adolescent pregnancy (12.7%) among others. The study reveals that citizens belonging to rural areas have more citizen, actions on preventing child marriage; awareness 14 level was higher among citizens from Non-Dalit communities than in Dalit communities. Further, 59.9 percent citizens feel confident to talk about sexual-reproductive health services related concerns in the meeting whereas 32.6 percent citizens perceived that they are hesitant to speak on SRH issues. Similarly, nearly half of the citizens perceived that they were not capable of deciding freely to talk about SRH related issues in the meeting. Only 61.1 percent citizens feel confident to claim for access to quality health service as their fundamental rights from public health facilities. The study concluded that majority of citizens affiliated with Community Based Institutions were aware about characteristics and Sexual and Reproductive Health issues of adolescent population at their communities. However, still a sizeable citizen felt less confident to use their individual agency to decide freely, speaking up against existing traditional norms and shown less confident in claiming Sexual and Reproductive health service as rights. The study revealed that citizen's accountability capacity is inad...

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Awareness on Consequences of Teenage Pregnancy among Adolescent at Ampipal VDC, Gorkha

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Prevalence and Factors Associated With Adolescent Pregnancy Among an Indigenous Ethnic Group in Rural Nepal: A Community-based Cross-sectional Study

Prevalence and Factors Associated With Adolescent Pregnancy Among an Indigenous Ethnic Group in Rural Nepal: A Community-based Cross-sectional Study

A cross sectional study on contraceptive knowledge, attitude and practice among teenage girls in secondary schools in Wanging’ombe district - Njombe Region.

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