Exposure to Family Planning Messages and Teenage Pregnancy: Results from the 2017 Philippine National Demographic and Health Survey

• Main Authors: Pepito, Veincent Christian F, Amit, Arianna Maever L, Tang, Clinton S, Co, Luis Miguel B, Aliazas, Neil Andrew K, De Los Reyes, Sarah J, Baquiran, Raymundo S, Tanchanco, Lourdes Bernadette S
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2022
• Subjects: contraceptive agent; adolescent; adolescent pregnancy; contraception; contraceptive behavior; demography; family planning; female; human; Philippines; pregnancy; prevention and control; Adolescent; Contraception; Contraception Behavior; Contraceptive Agents; Demography; Family Planning Services; Female; Humans; Pregnancy; Pregnancy in Adolescence; Maternal and Child Health; Medical Education; Medicine and Health Sciences; Public Health; Public Health Education and Promotion; Reproductive and Urinary Physiology; Women's Health
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/asmph-pubs/110; https://archium.ateneo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1113&context=asmph-pubs

Background Teenage pregnancy is known to have physical, emotional, and psychosocial effects. Because of these risks, family planning and contraception messages have been disseminated in various forms of media, but their association with teenage pregnancy has not been studied previously in the Philip...