Early Teenagers Pregnancy: A Major Issue Among Aboriginal Population

This essay discusses the issue of early teenage pregnancy among the Aboriginal population. It highlights the high fertility rate among Indigenous women, the negative impact on education and future opportunities, and the various personal and environmental factors contributing to this problem. The essay also suggests potential solutions to address this issue.

Essay

Table of Contents
Topic: ..............................................................................................................................................1
1. Naming the issue and justify the priority issue/problem/goals to be addressed.....................1
2. Statement of the issue or goal to be addressed........................................................................1
3. Review on problem by framing it...........................................................................................2
4. Questionnaire to identify level of severity of describe problem.............................................2
5. Analysis on underlying root causes of the problem................................................................2
6. Force that may be restrained, changed or drive the problem..................................................3
7. Other related issues.................................................................................................................3
8. Personal factors that contribute to this problem......................................................................3
9. Environmental factors contribute to raise described problems...............................................3
10. Problem solving approach.....................................................................................................4
References .......................................................................................................................................5

Topic:
Early Teenagers pregnancy a major issue: Among aboriginal population.
1. Naming the issue and justify the priority issue/problem/goals to be addressed
Teen pregnancy is depicted around the globe as an important cause of health disparities
among both child and the mother. Therefore,the pregnancy is mainly occurs among the girls
between the age group of 13 to 19. The high teenage fertility rate of Indigenous women of
69/1000, are mainly reflected among Mums and Babies section of Townsville Aboriginal and
Islander Health Service. Therefore, it is more than 4 times that of all teenage women. Teenage
pregnancy rates are also much higher in rural and remote communities in Australia with worse
obstetric outcomes (American Academy of Pediatrics and Committee on Native American Child
Health, 2011). The young women became pregnant as teens are less likely to complete their
schooling and more are likely to based over fulfilling their reeds by the help of parents and
family. The high teenage pregnancy may also decreased the future growth opportunity and the
children are also facing assorted health issues, be abuse of neglected, poor performance in the
schools and so on. As having a child in the teens may resulted in a diminished quality of life for
both the mother and her children.
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2. Statement of the issue or goal to be addressed
The problem based on the teenager pregnancy as too many teenagers are having babies.
3. Review on problem by framing it
To determine the root of personal as well as environmental factors the provided issue is
framed as the increase level of early teenage pregnancy a major issue among the aboriginal
population. The potential label for the issue referred to the root condition or concern of the
Aboriginal population. Hence the too many young girls are becoming pregnant, for avoided the
framing the issue in terms of lack of abstinence or the lack of contraceptive access in respect to
downfall the issues over means. Both the the imperative ways to reducing the issue imperative
manner (Preston and et. al., 2012).
4. Questionnaire to identify level of severity of describe problem
The behaviours and the actions that contributed to the issue of early pregnancy among the
teenagers, basically involves:
 Single parents dating behaviour and the lack of positive family interaction.
 Earlier engagement of youngsters within the sexual activities and avoiding the use of
contraceptive and the precautions.
 Lack of education and the increasing rate of crimes and violences.
 Not offering counselling, sexual health information and skills, contraceptives.
5. Analysis on underlying root causes of the problem
 Because teens are highly active in the sexual activity at their earlier stage, because they
are not having appropriate idea about how to use contraceptives and also also not aware
about their future conditions.
 Because, under the prominent public due to lack of education within the aboriginal
population the issue of teenager pregnancy is high (Chandra-Mouli, Camacho and
Michaud, 2013).
 Because they are highly uncomfortable recognising the sexual development of their kids
and they are afraid of the repercussion for their future development.
The reliability encompasses over the evaluation of the root causes, there are some
conditions and behaviours which might contributes to the improvement, therefore the few
involve:
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 Less recognition about the teenagers pregnancy and its consequence for the future
development.
 Lack of ability in refusing the adults pressure to get involve in the sexual activities.
 Specific range of educations and the opportunity for future are rendered to the youngsters
for reducing the engagement in sexual activities.
6. Force that may be restrained, changed or drive the problem
People feeling as if they are unable to alter teens behaviour.
The belief of having concern for their own child only.
Fear which overcoming teenage sexuality will motivate it.
7. Other related issues
There are also other related issues which are arises with the issues of teenagers pregnancy
(Irvine, Holve, Krol and Schroth, 2011). Thus some important are associated as under:
 Lack of education and poverty.
 Increasing sexual transmitted disease.
 Low self esteem.
8. Personal factors that contribute to this problem
There are multiple personal facts that ha a huge contribution in the issue of teenagers
pregnancy, therefore, it is a most common issue which is mainly arises within the aboriginal
population, thus the key factors that contributes in the issue are associated as below:
 High consumption of drugs and alcohol in the young age
 Low socio-economic status
 Sexual abuse and peer pressure
 Inappropriate family support and single parents-effect
 Lack of information about sexual and reproductive health and rights (Shah and et. al.,
2011).
9. Environmental factors contribute to raise described problems
Significant populace of Australia have a place with native networks face separation on
every single period of life, regarding less open door for being partaken in the public arena
improvement arrangements, getting equivalent work, absence of mindfulness about results of
their drinking or family related injury on their more youthful ones, and so forth This lead to build
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utilization of liquor among kids in homes either by recompense or not getting management of
their folks. Alongside this, enslavement or drinking of alcohols by relatives or encompassing
ones, impersonation of companions on customary celebrations and functions, just as ancestral
culture itself are additionally impacts drinking practices of adolescents in Australia, particularly
among native (or indigenous) social orders (Schroth, Halchuk and Star, 2013).
10. Problem solving approach
Adolescent pregnancy has been atypically connected with a range of adverse results for
mother and child. In Australia, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women have a higher
proportion of adolescent births compared with other adolescent Australian women, and are at
wider risk of poorer psychosocial and clinical outcomes if they are not well supported during
pregnancy and beyond. Therefore, for resolving the issue of teenagers pregnancy the government
needs to develop appropriate education facilities for the aboriginal population as it is imperative
decreasing the issue of teenagers pregnancy thus educated people are knowing all the
consequence of teenagers pregnancy. In addition to this, the government also needs to creating
awareness among the people in relation to the aspect of teenagers sex and its negative impact
over their life (Mund, Louwen Klingelhoefer, D. and Gerber, 2013).
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References
Books and Journals
American Academy of Pediatrics and Committee on Native American Child Health, 2011. Early
childhood caries in indigenous communities.
Preston, J.P., Cottrell, M., Pelletier, T.R. and Pearce, J.V., 2012. Aboriginal early childhood
education in Canada: Issues of context. Journal of Early Childhood Research, 10(1),
pp.3-18.
Chandra-Mouli, V., Camacho, A.V. and Michaud, P.A., 2013. WHO guidelines on preventing
early pregnancy and poor reproductive outcomes among adolescents in developing
countries. Journal of adolescent health, 52(5), pp.517-522.
Irvine, J.D., Holve, S., Krol, D. and Schroth, R., 2011. Early childhood caries in Indigenous
communities: A joint statement with the American Academy of Pediatrics. Paediatrics
& child health, 16(6), pp.351-357.
Shah, P.S., Zao, J., Al-Wassia, H., Shah, V. and Knowledge Synthesis Group on Determinants of
Preterm/LBW Births, 2011. Pregnancy and neonatal outcomes of aboriginal women: a
systematic review and meta-analysis. Women's Health Issues, 21(1), pp.28-39.
Schroth, R.J., Halchuk, S. and Star, L., 2013. Prevalence and risk factors of caregiver reported
Severe Early Childhood Caries in Manitoba First Nations children: results from the RHS
Phase 2 (2008–2010). International journal of circumpolar health, 72(1), p.21167.
Mund, M., Louwen, F., Klingelhoefer, D. and Gerber, A., 2013. Smoking and pregnancy—a
review on the first major environmental risk factor of the unborn. International journal
of environmental research and public health, 10(12), pp.6485-6499.
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