Abstract/Details

High school health education: Filipina American teenage mothers' sex education experiences and recommendation

Tomas, Charlene Bumanglag.   University of California, Santa Barbara ProQuest Dissertations Publishing,  2010. 3406626.

Abstract (summary)

While President Barack Obama graduated from a prestigious private school in Hawaii, teenagers in the surrounding public school areas average more than 500 live births each year. The rate of unplanned pregnancies is particularly high among Filipina American teenagers. Effective high school health education classes could serve to reduce or even eliminate unplanned pregnancies. This research study addresses three concepts—sex education, Filipino American education and teenage pregnancy, and racial categories. It simultaneously employs a survey research approach with talk story interviews to investigate: (1) the pregnancy perceptions and misconceptions that best describe the way Filipina American teenage mothers believe they become pregnant, and (2) how sex education can understand and best address the experiences that lead to Filipina American teen pregnancy. In order to investigate these research questions, I developed a Logic of Inquiry to guide my analysis. The analysis lead to three main findings: (1) the lack of timeliness of receipt of health education, (2) poor sexual health and responsibility content area delivery, and (3) incorrect pregnancy prevention perceptions by teenagers. I used these findings as steps to derive five exemplary case studies with Filipina American teenage mothers. The Filipina American teenage mothers in this study share their sex education experiences, and recommendations for health education instruction. This study can serve to guide and inform sex education policies and the sexual health and responsibility content area delivery in the classroom.

Indexing (details)


Subject
Health education;
Hispanic American studies;
Secondary school students;
Teenage parents;
Mothers;
Sex education
Classification
0680: Health education
0737: Hispanic American studies
Identifier / keyword
Education; Social sciences; Adolescent parents; Filipina-American; Health education; High school; Sex education; Teen pregnancy
Title
High school health education: Filipina American teenage mothers' sex education experiences and recommendation
Author
Tomas, Charlene Bumanglag
Number of pages
204
Publication year
2010
Degree date
2010
School code
0035
Source
DAI-A 71/05, Dissertation Abstracts International
Place of publication
Ann Arbor
Country of publication
United States
ISBN
978-1-109-73497-3
Advisor
Dixon, Carol; Cook-Gumperz, Jenny
University/institution
University of California, Santa Barbara
University location
United States -- California
Degree
Ph.D.
Source type
Dissertation or Thesis
Language
English
Document type
Dissertation/Thesis
Dissertation/thesis number
3406626
ProQuest document ID
276619140
Copyright
Database copyright ProQuest LLC; ProQuest does not claim copyright in the individual underlying works.
Document URL
https://www.proquest.com/docview/276619140