Adolescent health and development with a particular focus on sexual and reproductive health - Modules

Training Course in Sexual and Reproductive Health Research 2010

Adolescent health and development with a particular focus on sexual and reproductive health

Module 4: Adolescent pregnancy

Alma Virginia Camacho, Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli

September 20-25

Presentation

• Adolescent pregnancy: a global perspective - Alma Virginia Camacho, Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli (Powerpoint presentation with notes)

Topics covered in the module

1. What is the magnitude of adolescent pregnancy?
2. What are the consequences of adolescent pregnancy?
3. What are the circumstances in which adolescent pregnancy occurs?
4. What needs to be done to respond to adolescent pregnancy?
5. What is the relevance of adolescent pregnancy to the Millennium Development Goals?

Assignment

1. Is adolescent pregnancy a public health priority in your country?
2. Please support your answer with 3 facts.

Assignment story

• Please hear the story: WHO | Teenage pregnancies cause many health, social problems - Listen to this episode
• Based on the story, please respond to the following:
  • What are the three main factors that contributed to this?
  • What can be done by families and communities to prevent this happening to other girls?
  • What can the Ministry of Health do to reorient the health care system to meet the needs of girls such as the one who story you have heard?

Assignment documents

• Magadi MA, Agwanda AO, Obare FO. A comparative analysis of the use of maternal health services between teenagers and older mothers in sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS). Soc Sci Med. 2007 Mar;64(6):1311-25. (direct PDF download)
• Oringanje C, Meremikwu MM, Eko H, Esu E, Meremikwu A, Ehiri JE. Interventions for preventing unintended pregnancies among adolescents. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2009 Oct 7;(4):CD005215. (direct PDF download)
• WHO. Adolescent pregnancy - Unmet needs and undone deeds. A review of the literature and programmes. Geneva: WHO; 2007. (direct PDF download)
• WHO. Position paper on mainstreaming adolescent pregnancy in efforts to make pregnancy safer. Geneva: WHO; 2010. (direct PDF download)
• WHO. Why is giving special attention to adolescents important for achieving Millennium Development Goal 5? . Geneva: WHO; 2008. (direct PDF download)

You are required to read the presentation as well as the support documents. You are also required to submit your assignment timely.

Assignments presented by the participants