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Teenage Pregnancy in the UK (Doc)

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Table of Contents1.) One health issue................................................................................................................32.) Two factors may influence the health of the individual and the wider society.................33.) Identify and evaluate a current health promotion strategy/policy to prevent illness andimprove quality of life............................................................................................................54.) The role of the nurse in terms of attitudes, knowledge and skills applied in the 3 otherfields of nursing......................................................................................................................6Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................7References........................................................................................................................................82
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IntroductionTeenage pregnancy is known as adolescent pregnancy, is pregnancy in females under the age of20. Teenage pregnancy is become one of the main concern in UK. It is noticed that mostly girlsbelow the age of 20 get involved in sexual activity and soon get pregnant. This lead to affectingboth teenager’s health and their children health. It is important to educated children so that theycan avoid such types of health concerns and live quality life. The present research will providefactors that influence teenage pregnancy in UK. Along with this, a current health promotionstrategy/policy to prevent illness will be identified and evaluated. At last, role of the nurse interms of attitudes, knowledge and skills applied in the 3 other fields of nursing will be explained.Further in this report health communication strategy and health promotion campaign will bedescribed for improving quality of life. Two factors that are socio economic and cultural mayinfluence the health of the individual and the wider society willbe explained.1.) One health issue One of the health issues which is identified is related to increase in number of teenagepregnancy. In England and Wales, there is continuous increase in teenage pregnancy rate fromlast 8 years. It is analysed that in 1000 of girls mostly 21 get pregnant in the age of 18. Teenagepregnancy lead to have poor health outcomes and also increased the chances of living in poverty.Adolescent childbearing is increasing because of lack of sex education and it is also related withthe increased in risk of poor social economic and health outcomes for both mother as well aschild. The reason as teenage pregnancy is become public health issue is that most of the teenagegirls do not have much knowledge about health issues due to teenage pregnancy (Lemos, 2009). The reason that teenage pregnancy is public health issue because of integrated actionacross different sectors is needed to help young women avoid unwanted pregnancy and deal withcauses of pregnancy whether required or not (JENNIFER 2015).Instead of different moral perspective about sexual behaviour, it is identified that teenagepregnancy is both a cause and consequences of social exclusion. Teenage parnets are most likelyto come from deprived or socially excluded backgrounds (England, 2017). 3
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