Teen Pregnancy Problems and Prevention Strategies

Although teen pregnancy has often been associated with issues of principles and authority, for many teens it is full of hard decisions and change. A pregnant teen not only has

Over the past decade, teen pregnancy has become a more common occurrence. C. Write Mills explained the concept of the social imagination as the ability to see the relationship between individual experiences and a larger society. The social issue of teen pregnancy can be looked at from a personal and public perspective. As a result of women becoming pregnant so early in life, many young women as well as their child and family can struggle emotionally and physically. Society is also changing due to the increasing amount of early

n the past young ladies were shunned if they became pregnant, were sent into hiding, and when they gave birth the baby would be sent away, now some girls are put on T.V. because of teen pregnancy. “In 2014, a total of 249, 078 babies were born to women aged 15-19 years, for a birth rate of 24.2 per 1,000 women in this age group” (About Teen para. 1). Pregnant teens are often put into stereotypes and are put down. Throughout their lives they are told that their life is ruined so often that she (or he if they impregnated a girl) start to actually believe it and they end up not living up to their full potential.

Teenage pregnancy and parenthood are often seen as strictly negative and problematic, with the moral panic surrounding them only growing as media and government play a role in perpetuating these ideas of negativity surrounding them. Though it is a contentious issue, what are often ignored are the underlying causes of the social phenomena that are teenage pregnancy and parenthood. The experiences of poverty and social exclusion by many pregnant teens and teen parents have not been proven to be more severe than what these young people were experiencing before, so it brings into question the validity of the moral panic as well as the aims of programs meant to decrease teen pregnancy and parenthood. Looking at teen pregnancy and parenthood, first

Many people already undergo stress, and rapid hormonal changes during their teenage years but when early pregnancy occurs the latter factors are increased exponentially and might cause depression and anxiety. Therefore, the following works present the ideas of isolation, and an alteration of thought: the fictional novel Speak (1999) by Laurie Halse Anderson, the comedy-drama film Juno (2007) directed by Jason Reitman, article ¨Sex and the Teenage Girl¨ (2008) by Caitlin Flanagan, the fictional novel The Rapture of Canaan (1995) by Sheri Reynolds, the video ¨Too Young¨ (2008) filmed by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen & Unplanned Pregnancy, and the Wikipedia page titled ¨Teen Pregnancy.¨

A topic in American society that has proved to be an ongoing, and growing issue is that none other than teen pregnancy. In recent years, teen pregnancy rates have been increasing, which ultimately led to the topics increase of public and media attention. In American society teen pregnancy is often associated with negligence, as well as being irresponsible. In American society sex education for children is underdeveloped and instead society tends to use fear and shame to highlight/combat the dangers of unsafe or underage sex. American society uses fear to instill the idea that if you become pregnant as a teenager you are a burden to society. Along with fear society loves to shame its young women who have unfortunately stumbled upon the

Pregnancy during teenage years has long been considered a “mistake” by society. Girls are told this mistake will ruin their lives and will prevent them from achieving self-reliance or success. However, as John Wooden would see it, perhaps this mistake is just one step in the progress of a greater achievement. Teenage pregnancy no longer must carry the stigma of failure. Comprehensive support programs, like those offered at Footsteps provide the necessary services for young women who become pregnant to achieve educational and professional accomplishment.

Teenage pregnancy is an emerging global issue that affects sustainable development. Not only do the developing countries face this challenge but also the developed counties at large. Adolescent pregnancies challenge the moral and ethical sensibilities in most states and as researchers try to define the cause of teenage pregnancies. Sustainable development is necessary for the successful development of any nation. Therefore adolescent pregnancies become a societal` challenge that needs to be addressed efficiently. Teenage pregnancy is defined as the pregnancy that occurs in females below the age of twenty years (Leishman and Moir ). Depending on the situation, adolescent pregnancies can either be planned for or unplanned, but according to research most of the pregnancies are usually unwanted. According to statistics, although the number of teenage pregnancies is gradually decreasing, it is still calculated that for every five girls, two will get pregnant before the age of nineteen. The US is the most extensively developed country with high cases of teenage pregnancy; it was identified that more than 850,000 girls get pregnant every year and around 500,000 carry the pregnancy to term (Coleman). Notably, most of the societal issues are usually blamed on teenage pregnancy; for instance, single parenting, poverty, drug abuse, crime among other social problems. Over the recent years, there has been an overemphasis on preventing teenage pregnancy itself rather than addressing the

Adolescent pregnancy is defined as pregnancy in girls age nineteen or younger. There are different risk factors for adolescent pregnancy. Besides being young, some of them include: poor school performance and not graduating college, or in most cases high school, lower socio economic status and not being able to take care of themselves let alone another person, and older male partners who do not usually want to be involved in their child’s life, which ends up leaving parents to raise their children on their own. “The reason why teenage pregnancy is an important public health issue is because integrated action across several sectors is needed to help young women avoid unwanted pregnancy and to deal with the consequences of the pregnancy…” (Too Much Too Young? Teenage Pregnancy is a Public Health, Not a Clinical, Problem). Teen pregnancy is also a public health problem because there is only so much that can be done to prevent it from occurring. There is only the complexity of teaching sexual health to teenagers, along with the organization of maternity services to those mothers who decide to carry out their pregnancies the full term, or services for those who decide they want to terminate their pregnancies. Also, public health problem solving includes using surveillance of interventions. Without accurate and appropriate data, public health problems become problematic. Another public health prevention is giving out free or cheap condoms around schools or communities, although

Having looked at the facts and figures around the issue of adolescent pregnancy, as well as discussing the various approaches that will be used and the stages that the research paper will be taking in the process of investigating the social challenge, and also the conceptual framework within which the research will function, it is prudent therefore to look at the various approaches to the intervention strategy to the social challenge. These are the different levels that can be used respectively or in tandem to address the 'issue of adolescent pregnancy and their application depends on the level of the social problem or the complexity of the same.

Teen pregnancy, it’s one of the growing problems in today’s society. Teens today have more problems than ever, and in many cases the parents mistake signs of the problems for mere puberty phase. Beginning problem, which often trigger the others, seem to be families. Deeply religious families are most often heavily strict, and that prevents the teenagers to be informed about real life and what are they getting into. When that kind of person gets in a situation where his or her peers are more experienced then them, the outcome is a pressure. During the puberty the teenagers, especially males, are having problems with controlling their needs. It is easy to get pregnant for today’s teenagers, because they face many

Teen pregnancy is something that has become so common for these past years. Some teens that engage in premarital sex are lucky enough to not end up pregnant, but there are those who are not as fortunate. “3 in 10 teen American girls will get pregnant at least once before age 20. That’s nearly 750,000 teen pregnancies every year” (11 Facts about Teen Pregnancy). Most of these teens probably think that it won’t happen to them, so they don’t play it safe, but what they don’t realize, is that one little mistake can be a life changing experience.

When you think about teen pregnancy, how would you feel if it were you? In today’s generation, teen pregnancy has slowly began to decrease. Teen pregnancy is defined as an adolescent (age 13-19) becoming pregnant. Teen pregnancy not only affects the life of the mother and child, but moreover, affects the lives of the people around them. These people may even be strangers, like taxpayers. Teen pregnancy may be caused by peer pressure, sexual abuse, low socioeconomic status, and even social media. The effects are much more obvious. Typically, “Parenting teens tend to drop out of school and often cannot take advantage of opportunities for schooling or jobs (when they do come along) because very often they are carrying the responsibilities of child rearing without the necessary support and skills to even do that fully” (Fonda, 19). There are several other causes, effects, and possible solutions to this problem. These serious consequences are in need of a more effective solution.

“A baby with a baby?” That is what most people say, or think, when they hear about the pregnancy of an adolescent girl. Early pregnancy, commonly referred to as teenage pregnancy, is an ongoing crisis throughout the world. However, the United States has the highest rates of teen pregnancy in the world. Since its peak in 1990, teen pregnancy rates have declined by half, but they are still fairly high. According to the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, “roughly one in four teens girls in the U.S. will get pregnant at least once by the age of twenty” (The National Campaign 1). One could place the blame solely on the teenagers and their “raging hormones” for getting pregnant, but that is simply not the case.

Teenage pregnancy is one of the issues in our country today. It is a major problem because many teenagers are not aware that having a child when you’re a child yourself comes with big responsibilities. Sometimes many teenagers feel like they must be sexual active to prove a point and sometimes teenagers are even pressured by their friends or even their soul mate. Teenage pregnancy is a very big problem and more needs to be done to prevent teen pregnancy and to educate teens about its consequences.