2024, VOL. 10 ISSUE 1, PART C
Abstract:There are 253 million adolescent boys and girls in the age group of 10-19 years in India. This age group requires proper nutrition, adult education, counseling and guidance to ensure their development as healthy adults at this transitional stage of life. They are vulnerable to many preventable and treatable health problems, such as early and unintended pregnancies, STIs/HIV/AIDS due to unprotected sex, malnutrition, anemia and overweight, alcohol, tobacco and prescription drug abuse, mental Health concerns, injuries and violence such as nutritional disorders. The present study was carried out in Ballia town. Slum areas Nonia Patti (Darji Mohalla), was randomly selected. 150 pregnant women (age group 15-35 years) were selected randomly. Both primary and secondary sources of data were used for the study. The socio-economic data indicate that majority of participants were Hindu & Muslim. It is clear from the above table that near about half of the participant’s family income was below Rs. 5000; In conclusion, most of the women have less knowledge about the problems caused by teenage pregnancy, and they are very less aware about it, which is quite worrying.