Title:
Factors Influencing Unintended Pregnancy Among Youth in Vietnam
Authors:
Anh, Trinh Thi Mai
Year:
2013
PAGE:
vii, 57
Language:
En
Subject:
Maternal Health – Lessons Learned
Keywords:
Youth Unintended Pregnancy, Sexual Behaviors, Sexual Health Outcomes, Reproductive Health, Vietnam
Abstract:
Background: In Vietnam, youth pregnancy is becoming a pressing issue. The adolescent birth rate in 2011 was 46 per 1,000 women aged 15-19, and on the increasing trend. Vietnam is ranked the fifth highest adolescent abortion rate country in the world. 20% of the total abortion rate in Vietnam belongs to adolescents (10-19 years), of which 60-70% belongs to youth aged 15-19 years. Objectives: To explore factors that influence youth unintended pregnancy, and to recommend solutions to reduce the rate of pregnancy among youth in Vietnam. Methods: A literature review was conducted, using a framework for adolescent reproductive health (ARH) program monitoring and evaluation of Adamchak et al. (2000). Results: Lack of reproductive health knowledge, low sexual communication self-efficacy, peer influence, gender inequality, little communication on sexuality between parents-children, parents’ lack of ARH knowledge, lack of youth friendly services (YFS), sex education is not an official subject in curriculum at school, lack of youth development programs, various ideologies on social and gender norms are factors influencing youth pregnancy. Four groups of interventions found to be effective in reducing youth pregnancy are interventions in schools, in health facilities, in the community and multi-component interventions. Recommendations: multi-component interventions should be implemented, including expanding qualified YFS to the whole country; teaching comprehensive sex education as an official subject in schools’ curriculum; developing and promoting interventions in the community, containing youth development programs. Creating supportive social environment for youth’s sexuality and RH right through advocacy, mobilizing community is all recommended.
Organization:
KIT - Royal Tropical Institute
,
VU - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Institute:
KIT (Royal Tropical Institute)
Department:
Development, Policy and Practice
Country:
Vietnam
Region:
Southeastern Asia
Training:
Master of Public Health / International Course in Health Development (MPH/ICHD)
Category:
Research
Right:
© 2013 Anh
Document type:
Thesis/dissertation
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