Abstract:
This is an ethnographic study that examines reasons for the increasing rate of adolescent pregnancies and births in Ngie Sub Division of the North West region of Cameroon. This is also the main our objective of our presentation. Although teenagers constitute the most active sexual population, there is insufficient knowledge on family planning and reproductive health due to poor infrastructures like health, communication networks, etc. For that reason our main hypothesis tested the fact that activities of present day worldview are responsible for the influenced that has resulted to risky sexual activities among the youths. To facilitate the collection of data and analysis, worked with 100 informants using in-depth interviews, focus group, participant observations, questionnaires and documentation. On the field, we realized that socio-cultural as well as economic factors contribute to sexual vulnerability among adolescents. Consequently, many negative implications like setbacks associated with school disruption, economic constrain, limited job prospects, emotional stress and even social stigma are evident to this. Some suggestions brought forth to curb down this social ill include: In-depth information on reproductive health and related knowledge, attitudes and practices among unmarried adolescents needs to be collected. As well as other mentioned suggestions as in our presentation. |
