Literature Review of Teenage Pregnancy in Uganda
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Date
2020
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Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal
Abstract
Teenage pregnancy is a serious social and health concern. The aim of the
study, as a literature review, was to investigate the causes, effects and
strategies put forward to curb down the teenage pregnancy among girls
between 13-19 years in lira district, Uganda. This study used desktop
research using secondary data. The data was collected by others for
their own purpose and it had been derived from various sources. This
entails the findings and discussion got from causes, effects and
strategies put in place to curb down teenage pregnancy. Social factors
include decreased supervision by parents, early initiation to sexual
activities, and pressure from families to marry early. Effects of teenage
pregnancy were found to be preterm labour, intrauterine growth,
sexually transmitted infections, sexual violence and limited access to
medical services. There are policies designed to delay and protect young
women from becoming pregnant during adolescence. These policies
include the National Health Policy, the National Adolescent Health
Policy, the National Policy on Young People and HIV/AIDS, the Sexual
Reproductive Health Minimum Package, the Minimum Age of Sexual
Consent Policy the defilement law. These policies also serve the purpose
of fostering a supportive environment to encourage adolescent
reproductive health. Given the factors that contribute to teenage
pregnancy and its associated effects, it is concluded that the measures
proposed in form of policies will help to curb down the problem of
teenage pregnancy in Lira district.
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Keywords
Teenage pregnancy, teenager, school dropouts, unemployment, maternal mortality rates
Citation
Anena, Mary Rachael, Orishaba, Judith, and Mwesigwa, David (2020). Literature Review of Teenage Pregnancy in Uganda. Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal