1-Teen Pregnancy As A Public Health Problem.....
1-Teen Pregnancy As A Public Health Problem.....
Teenage pregnancy is regarded as one of significant public health issues but is it highly
preventable. The problem is common and leads to negative sequelae for the teenagers and their
children. The consequences associated with teen pregnancy possess serious public health
mental health difficulties and reduced chances of access employment opportunities. The
population affected by this health issue is the adolescents at the ages of 15 to 19 or even girls at
the age of 10. Teenage pregnancy rate different country-wise due but US rates has been declining
and the record was 16.7 per 1000 females as of 2019 (Sharma et al., 2021). The challenges
preventive measures.
I chose this problem because it is associated with heightened number of maternal as well
one of the leading death causes for teenage girls between the age of 15 and 19 globally (Kiani et
al.,2019). At teenage, bodies are immature and adolescents encounter several health risks that
profession due to the roles that nurses play in reducing teenage pregnancy rates. Healthcare
professional and organizations can be instrumental in inspiring the community efforts to deal the
Define the role of Leadership and Change Management in Addressing the Problem.
Good leadership is crucial in handling teen pregnancy problem by influencing the establishment
appropriate decision making. Leaders must take action that will positively influence the efforts of
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solving the problem by using their competence to address the complex healthcare systemic
demands. Change management can assist in installing a great management team and approaches
that will handle the problem of teen pregnancy in a better way than before.
Nursing ethics guides all actions to ensure the patients’ rights and dignity is protected.
Additionally, ethical values ensure that fairness, accountability, faithfulness and other moral
traits influenced the interventions. The interventions were provided in a better care for the group
involved while ensuring there were no signs of discrimination or negligence of peoples’ needs
and preferences. All the three major interventions were check to ensure they adhered to NASW
3) Provide assistance for teenage mothers, fathers and their family in form of counselling,
medical aid, nutritional education and other issues such as ways to deal with school
dropout cases.
Strategies for communicating and collaborating with the group and family
Strategy 1: provide information to the public while targeting the youths and families through
mass media utilizing different channels to reach many people and reinforce the intended
Strategy 2: Linking messages and information to key community events to target the relevant
population. With different events that are held in communities, nurses should collaborate with
those in charge of such events and ensure they are given chance to give information concerning
Nursing practice is guided by several standards including legal, moral and ethical values.
In preparation of the interventions to be used in dealing pregnancy, I was guided by the nursing
code of ethics and the need to ensure that costs, safety and quality of life was improved by the
intervention proposed. Solutions to nursing or public health issues should ensure the patient’s
access to healthcare is made less costly, safer and of enhanced quality. Liaising with community
event organizers, churches, schools and other willing participants, it will be easy to reach large
The state board standards were effectively checked and evaluated against the procedures
established to ensure they were a good fit in this project. The nature of solutions proposed were
Additionally, other factors that could lead teens to engage in risky behaviors such as risky sex
behavior such as usage of drugs and poverty were considered in the creation of the proposed
strategies.
Description of Research that has tested the effectiveness of these standards and/or policies
pregnancies by comparing different countries. The findings state that there is substantive
evidence to indicate that comprehensive sex education (CSE) can bring a positive impact of
prevention of unplanned teen pregnancies and its associated consequences such as increased
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infection with sexually transmitted diseases. The study points to other literature that have similar
information such as Goldfarb and Lieberman to add to its credibility. Sex education include
intercourse, reducing sex frequency and safety techniques to avoid behaviors that can lead to
contraception is one of the effective preventions of teen pregnancy but education is also needed
to ensure the instructions are followed. Such education should be spread to community and
parents on how contraceptives such as intrauterine devices and other recommended methods can
access and adverse effects, everyone should understand details associated with each control
How Technology, Care Coordination, and the Utilization of Community Resources can be
including use of appropriate technology, proper care coordination and use of community
resources. In this project, technology can be used to reach the targeted population and educate
them on appropriate ways to avoid teen pregnancy. There are millions of teenage who have
access to internet and social media platforms hence targeting them by spreading information
through those arenas can assist in improving the efforts of communicating the message.
Examples of digital communication sites applicable include facebook, twitter, Neflix ,Youtube,
Instagram and Tiktok. Additionally, using gaming apps to spread message that targets youths and
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adults with detailed concerning teen pregnancies and prevention methods can assist in adding to
References
Kantor, L. M., Lindberg, L. D., Tashkandi, Y., Hirsch, J. S., & Santelli, J. S. (2021). Sex
Sharma, B. M., Sáňka, O., Kalina, J., & Scheringer, M. (2019). An overview of worldwide and
regional time trends in total mercury levels in human blood and breast milk from 1966 to
2015 and their associations with health effects. Environment international, 125, 300-319.
McClellan, K., Temples, H., & Miller, L. (2018). The latest in teen pregnancy prevention: long-
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Kiani, M. A., Ghazanfarpour, M., & Saeidi, M. (2019). Adolescent pregnancy: a health