Student leaders, representatives from government
agencies and media partners are shown here gathering during the PopCom-Caraga’s
Regional Dissemination Forum on Young Adult Fertility and Sexuality Study
(YAFSS 4) conducted by the University of the Philippine Population Institute (UPPI)
and the Demographic Research and Development Foundation, held on August 1, 2014
at the Goat2geder Hotel and Restaurant, Butuan City. (Robespierre C. Tradio,
PIA-Caraga)
PopCom-Caraga regional director Alexander
Makinano announces that the recent study on 2013 Young Adult Fertility and
Sexuality (YAFS) has a new topic on health and lifestyle including a short
depression scale and the topic on media has also been expanded to include the
new forms of communication technologies that were not yet well-developed in
2002 such as social media, cellphone use and cyberbullying. “The results of
this study will be very helpful for us to identify what programs and services
that need to be enhanced or implemented to really address the pressing issues
which our youth faces today. This effort should not only be done by the
government but should have direct and immediate intervention from the private
sector and the academe. Let’s work together,” he stressed. (Robespierre C.
Tradio, PIA-Caraga)
Dr. Maria Midea Kabamalan (standing) from the University
of the Philippine Population Institute (UPPI) reveals that the proportion of
youth in Caraga who have heard of AIDS has significantly declined from 96.1
percent in 2002 to 87.7 percent in 2013. According to her, Caraga youth have
moderate level of knowledge about HIV transmission prevention methods and more
than three in five youth feel invincible to AIDS, like when they think there is
no chance of them getting AIDS, held on Friday, August 1, 2014 during the PopCom-Caraga’s
Regional Dissemination Forum on 2013 Young Adult Fertility and Sexuality (YAFS)
Study conducted by the (UPPI) and the Demographic Research and Development
Foundation. Also in photo from left to right: Geraldine Vargas of DepEd-Caraga;
Lucy Tagudin of DOH-Caraga; Leah Medado, a member of local tourism council;
PopCom-Caraga regional director Alexander Makinano; Dr. Maria Midea Kabamalan;
Dr. Elma Laguna; and Dr. Armission Andre Ortega, the last three from the UPPI. (Robespierre
C. Tradio, PIA-Caraga)
