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Population Policy Under Different
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FOUR PILLARS OF THE
POPULATION POLICY
• Responsible parenthood
• Respect for life
• Birth spacing
• Informed choice
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4 Pillars
1. Responsible Parenthood
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4 Pillars
2. Respect for Life
Abortion is unacceptable as an
FP method
Family Planning aims to prevent
abortions therefore save the
lives of both women and men.
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4 Pillars
3. Birth Spacing
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4 Pillars
4. Informed Choice
Family Planning program provides
timely, accurate and information to
couples to arrived at an informed choice;
respects the couples desires; never
imposes decisions on them
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Commitment and adherence to the
four policy objectives…
Reproductive Health
Adolescent Health and
Youth Development
Population and
Development Integration
Resource Mobilization
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Local Government Code Sec.17
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Empowering
Young Filipinos
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Adolescent Health and Youth
Development (AHYD) Program
• Overall Goal
To improve and promote the total wellbeing
of young people between the ages 10-14,
15-24, 25-30, giving priority to age group 15-
24 by addressing their sexual and
reproductive health needs and concerns.
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Adolescent Health and Youth
Development (AHYD) Program
• Program Objectives
To prevent or reduce the incidence of:
• too early and unintended pregnancy;
• early marriages;
• sexually transmitted infections; and
• the negative impact of the foregoing on
overall growth and development of the
young people
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Promoting AHYD Program: To whom do we reach
out and work with?
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WHAT ARE THE
AHYD PROGRAM
STRATEGIES?
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IEC and Advocacy Strategies
• The National Population
Quiz (PopQuiz)
- An event co-implemented
by PopCom and DepEd
which is primarily aimed to
increase the awareness and
interest of the young people
on population and
development issues and
concerns
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IEC and Advocacy Strategies
“Crossroads” (2011)
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• The title of the movie symbolize
the many crossroads a young
person encounters in her/her life.
The crossroads represent life
choices and there choices or
roads or turns that, when taken,
have the great consequences or
impact on ones life, especially on
a young person’s life. An
adolescent has to learn some life
skills and strengthen values to
avoid dangerous turns.
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• Fertility awareness
among the youth
• Premarital Sex
among the youth
• Gender issues in
boy-girl
relationship.
• Non-sexual risk
behaviors
• Sexual risk
behaviors
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IEC and Advocacy Strategies
Counseling on Air (CoA)
- A longstanding initiative in
Region 6, the CoA in Iloilo
City is aired in 3 radio
stations (Bombo Radyo,
Radyo ng Bayan and My
Only Radio for Life) and
anchored by peer
educators trained by
PopCom Region 6
technical staff.
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AHYD FILM FESTIVAL
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Capability Building
AHYD/ASRH Trainings
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TRAINING TOOL
Sexually Healthy and
Personally Effective
(SHAPE) Adolescent
Learning Package
• ASRH
• Quality Family Life and
Responsible
Parenthood
• Youth Empowerment
and Sustainable
Development
• Life Skills
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Capability Building
Parent Education on Adolescent Health and
Development Classes
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TRAINING TOOL
Learning Package on Parent
Education on Adolescent
Health and Development
• Me as Parent
• Me and my Family
• Knowing and Understanding my
Adolescent
• Building a Positive Relationship
with my Adolescent
• Harnessing my Adolescent with
Life Skills
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Why the Parent Education Program?
Filipino adolescents…
• In need of understanding,
guidance and support from
the people surrounding
them.
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Why the Parent Education Program?
• The family, specifically the
parents is seen as the basic
provider of support.
• Increased parent-child
communication decreases
the likelihood of adolescents
to engage in sexual risk-
taking activities (Marquez,
2004)
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Why the Parent Education Program?
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Why the Parent Education Program?
• Communication between
Filipino adolescents and
their parents remains low
(Marquez, 2004).
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Getting the parents on board…
Policy Objective (2006) Policy Strategies (2006)
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Objectives of the Parent Education Program
on Adolescent Health and Development
1. Help parents
to effectively
communicate
with their
adolescent child/
children through
skills building;
and
2. Highlight their
role as primary
educators on
health and
development
concerns.
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Learning Package on Parent Education on
Adolescent Health and Development
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Features of the LPPEd-AHD Modules
• Flexible
• Values-based
• Participatory and Interactive
• User-friendly
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Module 1: Me as a Parent
To effectively parent an
adolescent, one must have a
clear understanding of one’s
self.
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Module 2: Me and My Family
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Module 3: Knowing and
Understanding My Adolescent
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Module 4: Building Positive
Relationship with My Adolescent
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Module 5: Harnessing My
Adolescent with Life Skills
Parents are the primary
educators and trainers of
their adolescent children in
imparting life skills to
counter issues about their
health and overall
development. Adolescents
who learn the Core Life
Skills are equipped to face
life’s challenges.
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Parenting Class with Couples and Adolescents
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Parenting Class with Officers of the Parent-
Teachers Confederation Association (PTCA)
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Parenting Class in the Work Place
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Parenting Classes with Indigenous People
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Policy Research and Advocacy
• Parental Involvement in Adolescent Health
and Development; PopCom and UPPI,
2012
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Policy Research and Advocacy
• Young Adult Fertility & Sexuality Study
2002
• Young Adult Fertility & Sexuality Study
2013
• Study on the Incidence of Teenage
Pregnancy in Times of Disaster: Cases of
Typhoon Yolanda and Ruby in Eastern
Visayas.
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What Is YAFS?
YAFS aims to provide updated information
on a broad range of adolescent sexuality
and reproductive health issues which could
be used in formulating intervention
measures that will promote and safeguard
the health and welfare of youth.
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Why disseminate YAFS to young people?
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Sexual, Non-Sexual and Multiple Risk-Behaviors
Unprotected Sex
• More females did not use any contraceptive method during their
first sexual encounter.
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Socio-Economic –Demographic Background
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For CY 2014,
Launching and implementation of the…
U4U
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U4U: Anong bakas and iyong
iiwan?
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U4U (You for You)
• A youth hub initiative of PopCom and
UNFPA.
• Aims to deliver critical information to
Filipino teens aged 10-19 years old to
prevent or reduce the incidence of
pregnancy and sexually transmitted
infections.
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What are the U4U platforms?
• Online portal (www.u4u.ph)
• Teen trail
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• Online Portal
(www.u4u.ph)
- A dynamic and
interactive website
that allows teen
users to learn about
self-identity, life
skills, friendships
and health advocacy
among others
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Social Media
(www.facebook.com/U4U.ph)
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• Interactive Voice
Response System
(IVRS)
- A automated mobile
service that gives
recorded information
to teens who send a
“U4U” text message
to dedicated mobile
phone numbers
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How does the IVRS work?
• A teen sends alert message to dedicated
numbers.
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HELLO
BOY GIRL
SEXUALLY SEXUALLY
ODOR NUTRITION TRANSMITTED PIMPLES NUTRITION TRANSMITTED
INFECTIONS INFECTIONS
REPRODUCTIVE REPRODUCTIVE
SEXUAL SEXUAL
ERECTION HEALTH
PREFERENCE
MENSTRUATION HEALTH
PREFERENCE
SYSTEM SYSTEM
HEALTH HEALTH
GOODBYE
SERVICES SERVICES
Teen Trail
• An educational and entertaining teen
caravan that is set up in schools and
communities and managed by teens
themselves. Includes interactive exhibit,
fun workshops, songs and dances.
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Teen Trail Interactive Exhibit
Glimpse of U4U Launch…
Young people are the most
important resource for the future
and greater investments in them
by parents and societies are
essential to the achievement of
sustained economic growth and
sustainable development… (ICPD,
1994)
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Thank you!
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