School closures, dysfunctional family and lack of access to RH services cause teenage pregnancies
(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) This is one of the findings of the research study conducted by researchers from the Department of Science and Technology (DOST)-National Research Council of the Philippines (NCRP), led by Dr. Goria Nelson. “This is what I want to emphasize, pandemic is not the case of teenage pregnancy but several mediating factors such as school closures. When the schools close, they are most exposed to a smaller community, more men and boys,” she said during the 7th KTOP-COVID (Kapakanan ng Tao sa Oras ng Pandemya – COVID) webinar series: “The Stories of Filipino Pregn...
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