Given by David barker by 1990. Through his cohort studies he states that there is a direct link between a low birth weight baby and preterm baby with Coronary heart disease, Hypertension and non insulin dependent diabetes mallitus in adulthood. This is mainly due to poor Nutrition of the mother before and during pregnancy. The mother should have modifications in health and Nutrition before and during pregnancy and mode of delivery (institutional delivery should be preferred). This will prevent or reduce the complications in baby and treatment of Malnutrition and Metabolic Syndrome is done.
Teenage pregnancy is also called Adolescent pregnancy. It is the pregnancy before the age of 20. It occurs due to sexual intercourse after menarch (onset of menstrual cycle) or just before first period. Menarch usually takes place at the age of 12-13.
The girls under the age of 15years are not physically and biologically fully developed because of which they are less likely to undergo healthy pregnancy or give birth to a baby.
The girls aged 15-19years are highly associated with complications like eclampsia, postpartum infections, preterm birth , low weight baby and anemia.
The main reason of teenage pregnancy is socio-economic status of the society, poor education and poverty. Gender discrimination also plays an important role. Due to this girls are not allowed to take their own decisions,less access to family planning and mal nutrition and poor health care is experienced by mother during and after pregnancy.
Girls Education and Providing knowledge about Family Planning is very important to reduce teenage pregnancy. Other factors like - Preventing social violence,gender inequality and providing reproductive health information and services can reduce teenage pregnancy as a result of their complications.
UNFPA( United Nation Population Fund)
UNFPA focuses on the protection and fulfilment of girl's right. This includes supporting comprehensive sexuality education and sexual and reproductive health care to help girls avoid pregnancy. UNFPA also advocates supporting girls who became pregnant so that they can return school and reach their full potential.
Teenagers
Teen parents do not have emotional maturity. They lacks knowledge what are the measures to be taken in case of pregnancy. They do not usually approaches doctors or health providers , as a result lacks antenatal care. They do not have any knowledge of family planning as a result they do not undergo preterm care (care taken by mother before conceiving to have Healthier child) and do not understand importance of spacing between child. Pregnant girl stops going to school because of which she does not have information about reproductive health and their services.
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