Teen Pregnancy Prevention

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Many methods can be used to prevent teenage pregnancy and can decrease the birthrate significantly. Doctors and parents play a key role in teen pregnancy preventions. Since teen birthrates are rising, teens have to have access to preventions in order for it to be effective. With having permission from a guardian to engage in preventions, children can prevent themselves from becoming a parent at such a young age. Parents should properly inform their child on the subject of sex and communicate with them daily to figure out if further methods should be considered. The most common and effective type of prevention is contraceptive use. Adolescents have to learn about these contraceptives to prevent pregnancy and this is where sex education comes in play. With an increase in knowledge on contraceptive methods and other ways to prevent pregnancy, many teens can take precautions to avoid getting pregnant.
Pregnancy rates are high which have led to the invention of pregnancy prevention programs. These programs are designed to communicate on a teenager’s level to help them better understand the consequences of engaging in sexual intercourse. According to Henderson et al., “Teens who demonstrate difficulty imagining themselves as parents may not consider an unplanned pregnancy to be a potential consequence of unprotected sexual intercourse; nor might they perceive an unplanned pregnancy to be a negative event. Several studies have demonstrated that adolescents often underestimate the demands involved in parenting and tend to perceive minimal negative social consequences associated with a teen pregnancy. Hacker, Amare, Strunk, and Horst (2000) found that more than one-third of the female students in their study thought that education about t...

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