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1. Preventing Teenage
Pregnancy
"It's hard to raise a child when you're still a child”
— Anonymous

2. • Each year, almost 615,000 U.S. women aged 15–19 become pregnant.
• Two-thirds of all teen pregnancies occur among the oldest teens (18–
19-year-oldsDespite having declined, the U.S. teen pregnancy rate
continues to be one of the highest in the developed world.
• Eighty-two percent of teen pregnancies are unplanned; teens account
for about one-fifth of all unintended pregnancies annually.
• Sixty percent of pregnancies among 15–19-year-olds in 2010 ended in
birth, and 26% in abortion; the rest end in miscarriage.
- http://www.guttmacher.org
Facts About Teen Pregnancy

3. The Effects of
Teenage Pregnancy
Pregnant teens can have many different emotional
reactions:
• some may not want their babies
• some may keep a child to please another family member
• some may want a baby to have someone to love, but not
understand the amount of care the baby needs
• some become overwhelmed by depression, guilt, anxiety,
& fears about the future
2012 by the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

4. Con’t :
Impact on Education
◦ Approximately 62% of teenage mothers
who have a child prior to 18 do not
obtain a high school diploma.
Consequences for the Children
◦ The children of teenage mothers are at
greater risk of abuse and neglect.
http://www.guttmacher.org

5. 3 Ways That Can Help Prevent
Teen Pregnancy
1. Comprehending the Material from Sex
Education Classes
2. Learn about Contraceptives, Abstinence,
ect.
3. Youth Development Program in your
Community

6. Take Sex Education Classes?
Each year, teens experience as many as 850,000
pregnancies, and youth under age 25 experience
about 9.1 million sexually transmitted
infections/diseases.
By age 18, 70 % of U.S. females and 62 percent of
males have had sex.
Comprehensive sex education is effective at assisting
young people to make healthy decisions about sex
and to adopt healthy sexual behaviors.
http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/component/content/article/450-effective-sex-education

7. Learn About Contraceptives
ABSTINENCE is the only 100% Effective Method
Non-Prescription:
1. Latex Condoms
2. Foam with Applicator
3. Vaginal Contraception film
4. Female Condoms
5. Contraception Sponge
Prescription:
1. Birth Control Pills
2. Birth Control Patch
3. Depo-Provera (injection)
4. Nuva Ring
5. Intrauterine Device (IUD)-seldom
used for teens
6. Emergency Contraception

8. Join one of your
Youth Community
Program
Program goals are—
Reduce the rates of pregnancies and births to youth in the
target areas.
Increase youth access to evidence-based and evidence-informed
programs to prevent teen pregnancy.
Increase linkages between teen pregnancy prevention
programs and community-based clinical services.
Educate stakeholders about relevant evidence-based and
evidence-informed strategies to reduce teen pregnancy and
data on needs and resources in target communities.
http://www.cdc.gov/teenpregnancy/PreventTeenPreg.htm

9. If you do happen to be/become a teen mother.
Here are ways to be an involve Parent:
First it is important to understand that it won’t
be easy, but it can be possible.
Confused? You're Not Alone… If you've just
learned you're pregnant, you're not alone.
Prepare to talk to your Parent, Guardian, or
any good Support
Protect yourself and the child
http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/Parents/tell_parents.html#

10. Tips for Parent that have Teenangers
Talk with your children early and often about sex and be specific.
Initiate the conversation, keep it open, honest, and respectful.
Help them understand the context and meaning of sex and not
just how body parts work.
Ask teens what they think and what they know so as to correct
misconceptions.
Discuss the differences between love and sex, and reasons kids
find sex interesting/enticing.

11. P.S. Don’t have your daughter
watch “Mean Girls”