Exposure to family planning messages and teenage pregnancy: results from the 2017 Philippine National Demographic and Health Survey

• Main Authors: Veincent Christian F. Pepito (Author), Arianna Maever L. Amit (Author), Clinton S. Tang (Author), Luis Miguel B. Co (Author), Neil Andrew K. Aliazas (Author), Sarah J. De Los Reyes (Author), Raymundo S. Baquiran (Author), Lourdes Bernadette S. Tanchanco (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Plain language summary Adolescent pregnancy is associated with adverse health, psychosocial, and economic outcomes. As of 2017, the proportion of women aged 15-19 who have begun childbearing in the Philippines is 9%. To counter this, the Philippine government and its partners in the private sector d...