MAPEH: TEENAGE CONCERNS

• Sexual health is a rare topic that teenagers discuss with adults or vice versa.
• Adolescence is a formative stage of development
• Hormones serve as the main cause of all physical and physiological changes among teenagers during adolescence.
• Hormones of female is called estrogen or progesterone and testosterone in male.
• Sexuality is a constant topic that seems to be intriguing him or her.
• Sexuality is part of one's life.
• Sexuality is not all about sex. It is also about how one:

  1. Feels about the changes and development that his or her body undergoes
  2. Makes healthy decision and choices about his or her body.
  3. Understands and expresses feelings of intimacy, attraction, and affection for others.
  4. Develops and maintains relationship built with respect.
• Teenagers' sexuality issues:

  1. Body image
  2. Teenage dating
  3. Teenage pregnancy
  4. Sexual behaviour and sexual identity
  5. Premarital sex 6. Sexually transmitted diseases
• Teenage pregnancy is a problem that permanently affects the lives of both the mother and the father
• Premarital sex - is a sexual activity or intercourse done before marriage or in the absence of marriage
• Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
• Acquired Immune deficiency syndrome AIDS)
• Premarital sex factors:

  1. Alcohol and drug use
  2. Having a steady relationship
  3. Little parental monitoring
  4. Parental belief that teenage sex is appropriate
  5. Parental belief that teenage sex is inevitable
  6. Low interest in academics
  7. History of Physical or sexual abuse
  8. Frequent family relocations
  9. Presence of only one parent in the household
• Sexual abuse creates a grossly distorted view of sexual behaviour, destroys boundaries, and drives a deep sense of worthlessness into the emotions of the victims.