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    Ecological Framework Model


    Intrapersonal Factors
    Some teenagers lack knowledge regarding teenage pregnancy. They do not have people to teach them
    about the consequences that comes with having unprotected sex. Some have a negative attitude towards
    those who are trying to teach them about sex, that’s because they think or believe that sex is for everyone,
    it doesn’t matter whether you are young or old. Some of the teenagers have low-self esteem and they are
    trying to fit in by having sex like their peers. They also lack people that motivate them in their life like
    role models etc. They do not have people to talk to them about things because maybe they don’t have any
    siblings or friends.

    Interpersonal Factors
    Some teenagers become pregnant because of peer pressure. They take influence from friends because they
    are trying to fit in into the group that they are in, friends persuade them to be intimate with their partners.
    Teenagers also take influence from social media platforms like Facebook, twitter, WhatsApp etc. Other
    teenagers’ pressure each other to get sugar daddies as they are going to give them everything that they
    want from them. These sugar daddies don’t usually have sex with protection, but they demand sex with no
    protection, or they won’t anything for these teenagers anymore, so they have unprotected sex with people
    that are older than them.

    Institutional Factors
    Here in South Africa, we do not have businesses or companies that market the use of contraceptives very
    well, some do not market these contraceptives even if they are producing them or selling them. We should
    have businesses that will promote the use of contraceptives even if it means having campaigns visiting
    communities and teaching young children about the risks of having unprotected sex, maybe this will
    decrease the level of teenage pregnancy.

    Community Factors
    Communities do not have people to sit down teenagers and teach them about being in a relationship or
    being sexually active at a young age. Communities should have organizations with skilled workers to
    come and talk to teenagers because some of them take influence from their siblings that also fell pregnant
    at a young age. In this case, these people will advice the teenagers about the risks of having sex at a
    young age or having unprotected sex with several partners, teach them that they may be lucky and not be
    pregnant, but they may have STIs, HIV etc.
    Policy Factors
    The government usually provide free protection in clinics, hospitals etc. Some people choose to not take
    them not knowing that the government is trying to help them. Government has a law that state that having
    sex with a child younger than the age of sixteen (16) even if it was consensual, you will be arrested if
    found because that is still a child. Teenagers don’t care about all that because they are enjoying the little
    excitement that does not last for long, but not knowing that over time this could be detrimental to them.

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