Teenage pregnancy surveillance

Abstract

Cross-sectional descriptive study to study the situation of adolescent pregnancy, prevalence of school dropout and leave off the study while pregnant, prevalence of Intended and unintended pregnancy, prevalence of contraception before pregnancy and after childbirth, and to study percentage of repeated adolescent pregnancy among adolescents aged 10-19 years. Using secondary data from teenage pregnancy surveillance reports from the Bureau of Reproductive Health, Department of Health, Ministry of Public Health. The study population was Thai national women aged 10-19 years who receive Antenatal care (ANC) in hospitals both within and outside the Ministry of Public Health, 6,966 cases and those who received Postpartum from 1 month to less than 1 year, by age at birth less than 20 years, 1,414 cases. Descriptive statistics, frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation. Result Teen mom for ANC, while pregnant, have to quit/stop studying and temporary suspension of education for 65.3% and 24.4% of teen mom in the school and outside the school system respectively. Teen mom for PP, quit/stop studying and temporary suspension of education for 66.9% and 22.2% of teen mom in the school and outside the school system respectively. Teen mom aged 18-19 years and before pregnant were intended 57.9%. Unintended teen mom before pregnant not used contraception 47.1%, while teen mom for PP used contraception 89.7%. Repeated pregnancies were 15.5%, and rapid repeated teenage pregnancy within 2 years of the first pregnancy 10.2%. Recommendations Developing systematic adolescent pregnancy surveillance with continuous operation reliable and can be used as a national reference. This will allow Thailand to have information that is up to date for used to drive action on prevention and resolution of teen pregnancy problems as well as aiding adolescent mothers and child to receive appropriate assistance to have a good quality of life that is no longer a problem for society and the nation