The Guideline for Public Health Policy for Preventing Teenage Pregnancy by the Male’s Preventive Process: The Case of the Higher Education Institution in Roi Et Province

Abstract

This qualitative research aimed to study the development of the public health policy model to prevent teenage pregnancy by emphasizing the male's preventive process in the higher education institution in Roi Et province.

The individual is the level of the unit of analysis. Data collection was conducted by using an in-depth interview with seventeen key informants; including the group of parents and grandparents who took care of the teenagers, the teenagers who had experienced sexual intercourse, the groups of female teenagers who were pregnant and the teenage fathers, and the school advisors and the sex education specialist. The data were collected from November 2017 to July 2018 and be analyzed by employing the content analysis technique. The results have found that the guidelines for male adolescents for the prevention of teenage pregnancy include (1) Safe sex education for male students (2) Encouraging students to be aware of the disadvantages or consequences of having sexual risk behavior. Further, the guidelines for educational institutions consist of (1) Providing the prospective training concerning sex education and the necessary life skills (2) Encouraging or supporting adolescents to focus or have a life goal and not be occupied with sex.

Finally, the study suggests that all stakeholders should create a suitable set of values for teenagers to realize their appropriate roles and responsibilities. Also, to emphasize the awareness among female adolescents to have the power to create the importance of self-sufficiency could be the very factor leading to the reduction of teen pregnancy problems.