Research
YAFS5 in the News
Selected news and media coverage related to the 2021 Young Adult Fertility and Sexuality Study (YAFS5). The links below lead to the original publishers’ websites.
2025
- Rappler — 12 October 2025
[Ilonggo Notes] Why do young Filipinos continue to test positive for HIV? - Inquirer.net — 2 July 2025
Fewer weddings, more live-ins: Filipino families are changing and the numbers prove it - Inquirer.net — 29 January 2025
Sex education: Protecting kids through information
2024
- Philstar.com — 26 October 2024
Filipino youth and mental health – are we listening enough? Heads Up PH advocates for awareness, support - The Manila Times — 24 October 2024
Mental health programs needed - Philstar.com — 7 September 2024
Youth mental health declining worldwide — top medical journal - GMA News Online — 13 March 2024
As teenage pregnancies rise, CPD urges parents to educate children on sexuality - Philippine Information Agency — 13 February 2024
Taking care of yourself this Valentine’s Day and beyond - Daily Tribune — 10 January 2024
It’s a wonderful life
2023
- Inquirer.net — 23 November 2023
Unacceptable rise in HIV cases - Manila Bulletin — 30 April 2023
PSA: Teenage pregnancy rate in Caraga region drops - Malaya — 20 April 2023
Grade 10 student in Sorsogon commits suicide, 2nd case this month in same school - Inquirer.net — 23 March 2023
Inquirer story wins La Salle Scholarum media award - Rappler — 23 March 2023
The youth are tired - GMA News Online — 24 February 2023
Heartbreak may lead to mental health conditions, group warns - Inquirer.net — 30 January 2023
Numbers fall but PH teen pregnancies persist, mirror economic, learning gaps
2022
- Manila Bulletin — 26 October 2022
Solons move to address suicidal tendencies among Pinoy youth - BusinessWorld — 19 October 2022
Filipino youths have low awareness of STIs, HIV, and EC - Inquirer.net — 18 October 2022
As AIDS, HIV awareness among PH youth declines, cases, deaths rise - PTV News — 17 October 2022
Study shows ‘dramatic decline’ in childbearing among Filipino teens - Rappler — 16 October 2022
Youth experienced decline in mental health during pandemic – UP study - The Manila Times — 16 October 2022
Child-bearing Filipino girls decline in 2021 – study - Inquirer.net — 16 October 2022
More young Filipino are shunning premarital sex, study finds - Rappler — 15 October 2022
Fewer Filipino youth drinking, smoking – UP study - Inquirer.net — 15 October 2022
Pandemic fuels suicidal thoughts in youth - Manila Standard — 13 October 2022
Drug abuse, vices waning among youth – UP study - Inquirer.net — 11 October 2022
1 of 5 young Filipinos have considered suicide – UP Survey