Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Strategies: A Comprehensive Report

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SOCIAL APPROACHES TO HEALTH AND WELLBEING

National Health Service England is an executive non-departmental public body of the
Department of Health and Social Care. The main core principle of NHS is that regardless of
wealth, everyone should have good healthcare. At present NHS is aiming to stop teenagers for
becoming pregnant and is making efforts of finding the ways by which the pregnancy can be
avoided. Teenage pregnancy is the type of pregnancy in a woman 19 years or younger. Teen
childbearing can carry economic, social and health costs both for the children and their mother.
There are different ways which should be adopted for avoiding the teenage pregnancy which
includes the following-
 The teens should be given knowledge of sex education in their schools
 Parents should talk to their children about sex values and attitudes
 Teens should be encouraged not to have sex. Abstinence is considered as the best way of
not having sex. It means abstaining from intercourse.
 Recognition of long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) as an effective and safe birth
control choice for teens should be made.
 Training should be given to the teenagers for the insertion and removal of LARC have
LARC supplies and exploration for the funding option should be made for covering the
costs (McCracken, and Loveless, 2014).
 Teens should be offered with a broad range of birth control options and discussion should
be made with them about the pros and cons of each option.
 The teenagers should also be reminded of the diseases that can be transmitted because of
not having safe sex and Long-acting reversible contraception is not only sufficient for
protection against the sexually diseases transmission and they should use condoms while
having sex.
 Use of birth control- use of condoms for inexpensive and reliable birth control: for
controlling the birth one of the easiest options is to use condoms. The condoms are
available for both male and females.
 Effective birth control pills can be used for avoiding pregnancy by teenagers. The
commonly known pill is oral contraceptives.
 Supervision and control should be made by the parents on the activities of their children
(Sisson, 2012)

 For long-lasting birth, control IUD can be tried. IUD is a small device the implantation of
which is done in the uterus for preventing the pregnancy. Anytime it can be removed
(Alison Hadley, 2013).
 Transdermal patch can also be asked by the doctor that is considered an easy way to use
as birth control.
 Sex education programs should be organized.
There are various benefits of not having teenage sex. It will keep the health of teen good. The
teenager is not a mature age. They can focus on their school, hobbies. The childhood
innocence is not dissipated. Teenage sex can affect the brain development of teens which
shows high depressive behavior of teenage. Various sexual transmitted diseases are
prevented which can occur due to the sex (Kane.et.al, 2013).

References
 McCracken, K.A. and Loveless, M., 2014. Teen pregnancy: an update. Current Opinion
in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 26(5), pp.355-359.
 Sisson, G., 2012. Finding a way to offer something more: Reframing teen pregnancy
prevention. Sexuality Research and Social Policy, 9(1), pp.57-69.
 Kane, J.B., Morgan, S.P., Harris, K.M. and Guilkey, D.K., 2013. The educational
consequences of teen childbearing. Demography, 50(6), pp.2129-2150.
 Alison Hadley, O.B.E., 2013. Teenage pregnancy and sexual health. Nursing
times, 109(46), pp.22-27.