Teen Pregnancy Nikki Chapman Nurs 4060 Capella University

Teen Pregnancynikita Chapmannurs 4060capella Universitynovember 2020i

Teen pregnancy Nikita Chapman NURS 4060 Capella University November, 2020 Introduction Teen pregnancies are on the rise. Most of the teenagers lack enough support and potential of taking care of the child. Teenagers delivering have not gone through a parenting classes, making them incompetent in taking care of the babies. The major population at risk are adolescents aged 15-19 years old. The age group is characterized by people making wrong choices and who experience complications during delivery.

Teen pregnancies were on the rise. Most teenagers lack enough support and the potential to take care of the child (Hadley et al., 2018). Teenagers delivering have not gone through parenting classes, making them incompetent in taking care of babies. The significant population at risk are adolescents aged 15-19 years old. The age group is characterized by people making wrong choices and who experience complications during delivery.

Precise concerns

Poor nutrition Inadequate education Poverty Poor health STDs Extreme youth effects Poor nutrition, inadequate education, poverty, poor health, STDs/STIs, and extreme youth effects are significant challenges that a teen mother can face in society. Nutrition requires education backing and capabilities to have what is necessary in place. Being kids, they are not able to provide for themselves. Poverty is another reason and challenge that can face the teens. As a teenager, they are sexually active increases the chances of contracting STDs/STIs.

Teen Pregnancy Effects

Complications during delivery Pre-mature labor Delivery difficulties Anemia Mental health Social acceptance Once a teen delivers, she is no longer a youth but a mother—so many aspects of their lives change. During the complications, the teens might lose blood resulting in anemia. The fact that they are still kids impacts their mental reasoning, and hence affecting their social lives. Appearing to be odd from other teens might move them mentally.

Statistics

The results on the slides imply that the number of teen pregnancies is declining. Perhaps, it is because of the kind of life that the children are currently living, but teenagers are still being exposed to emerging issues across the globe, some of which lie to them that they are mature enough to make individual decisions.

Gap in Care

Lack of consistent and supportive sexual education to the teenagers. Teen pregnancy cuts across all the races. The economic perspective makes it difficult addressing teen pregnancies (Hadley et al., 2018). Lack of consistent and supportive sexual education to teenagers makes the teenagers unaware of what they should be engaged in and what they should be avoiding. The fact that it cuts across all the races reveals the reasons behind it are general (Hadley et al., 2018).

Policies need to be formulated that will limit the act—teen pregnancy reductions across all the races. The economic perspective makes it difficult to address teen pregnancies. Teenagers do not have a source of income. They are making it difficult for them to take care of the entire process.

Interventions

Home care programs Improved sex education Enhanced communication at home.

The three interventions aim to find out ways through which the teens will be aware of the entire process, what ought to be done just to ensure that everything is in line. The teens will have better insights into making the right decisions while facing situations that might make them teen mothers.

Improved sex education

Education should be introduced at school level. Content of education to be covered include; sexual health, abstinence, pregnancy, STDs and contraceptives (Honders, 2020). Education should be incorporated in the school curriculum.

Embracing education at the school level will ensure that teenagers have access to education at an early stage and keep them safe early enough (Honders, 2020). The content to be focused on must directly be related to sex, and that they must have a potential relationship to teen pregnancy. The education should be incorporated into the school curriculum to make it official.

Enhanced Communication

Parental involvement in teens' lives is paramount. Families should always be comfortable discussing sex matters with their children. Families to come up with programs that will enhance communication. Parents have to be aware of every growth and development that their teens are making. By doing this, the teens will even make the right decisions. Some families feel uncomfortable discussing sex matters with their teens. In this light, the programs for enhanced communication should be put in place (Honders, 2020). Such programs will eliminate the fears and allow family members to discuss the right matters with teenagers.

Intervention Evaluation

Outcome measuring

Short term goals: Low numbers of teen pregnancies, Low STDs transmission rates. Long term goals: Consistent declining number of cases. Through an evaluation of the outcomes, it is possible to tell whether the results have been attained or not. The short-term goals are generally in line with long term goals. The difference is the duration which each of them takes.

Upholding Positive Impacts

Sex education should remain individual teen responsibility. Encouraging teens to share their experiences. Upholding family communication. Advocating more for teen education. Sex education should remain individual teen responsibility; encouraging teens to share their experiences (Menon et al., 2018). Upholding family communication, and advocating more for teen education will put teens in a better position of understanding what is right and what is wrong.

References

• Hadley, A., Ingham, R., & Chandra-Mouli, V. (2018). Teenage pregnancy and young parenthood: Effective policy and practice (1st ed.). Milton: Routledge. doi:10.4324/
• Honders, C. (2020). Teen pregnancy. New York, NY: Rosen Publishing Group.
• Menon, J. A., Kusanthan, T., Mwaba, S. O. C., Juanola, L., & Kok, M. C. (2018). ‘Ring’ your future, without changing diaper – can preventing teenage pregnancy address child marriage in Zambia? PloS One, 13(10), e-e. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.