Teenage pregnancies in Dagupan City, highest in region
700 CASES RECORDED
DAGUPAN City has been tagged as the city with the highest number of teenage pregnancies among all nine cities in Region 1 for 2018. The city recorded 700 cases.
City Health Officer Dr. Ophelia Rivera who made the revelation during the KBP Forum on January 24, said this was confirmed by the report she received from the program officer of the Department of Health in Region 1 recently.
In extrapolating the data, she said 700 teenage pregnancies translate to new 700 teenage parents in Dagupan last year.
In extrapolating the data, she said 700 teenage pregnancies translate to new 700 teenage parents in Dagupan last year.
To address the issue, Rivera said her office intends to intensify its information education and communication drive to reach out to the youth and explain the risks and problems that go with teenage pregnancies and early parenting.
The campaign, she said, will focus not only in schools but also in barangays
targeting teenage population who have left school to earn a living for their
families.
Presently, teams from her office and the city’s population office are
conducting fertility lectures among couples in various barangays and also on
responsible parenthood, she said.
Rivera warned that a young girl may not only have the right body constitution
to bear a child or take care a child but the lives of both the baby and a
teenage mother will also be constantly at risk.
“Dapat nating alalahanin, mahirap
maging teenage mother and teenage father,” she said and cautioned
youngsters about consequences of engaging in premarital sex. (Leonardo
Micua)
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