Project True Love Waits: Program in Preventing Teenage Pregnancy Among Grade Ten Students of Rosario National High School

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Adolescence is a time of sexual exploration and experimentation of sexual fantasies and realities of incorporating sexuality into one's identity. Adolescents have an utmost curiosity about sexuality. They think about whether they are sexually attractive, how to do sex and what future holds for their sexual lives that result to pre-marital sex and teen-age pregnancy. Thus, this action research aims to investigate the effectiveness of Project True Love Waits in preventing teenage pregnancy among grade ten students of Rosario National High School.

METHODS

This study used descriptive method in analyzing the data. The chosen participants were all the enrolled grade ten students of the school. Thus, no sampling technique was used for the study. The results of the frequency of the teenage pregnancy cases during the current school year from the advisers' report were compared from the previous school year and were analyzed using descriptive method.

RESULTS

In general, the findings suggest that the implementation of Project True Love Waits reduced the teenage pregnancy rate in Rosario National High School. Also, it shows that it increased the positive attitudes and views of the grade ten students on sex, love and relationship and highly valuedthe concept of sexual abstinence and purity, which is the heart of Project True Love Waits.

DISCUSSIONS

This action research showed that promotion of sexual abstinence among the teenage students is a great barrier against unplanned conceptions.