This document outlines a program called "Wait to Be a Parent" which aims to educate high school students about sexual health and pregnancy prevention. The program goals are to increase knowledge of abstinence, contraception, and the responsibilities of parenthood. It will use personal stories, a movie, and group discussions to teach students about teenage pregnancy risks and outcomes. Students will complete an evaluation to assess what they learned about preventing unintended pregnancy.

1. Wait to Be a
Parent
RaKeshia Bolds
Texas Woman’s university
HS 6453.50

2. Introduction
 Bachelors of Science in Kinesiology from
Texas Woman’s University (2010)
 Masters of Science in Health Studies from
Texas Woman’s University (May 2014)

3. Program Goal
 The goal of the WAIT to be a Parent
program is to provide the following for the
high school students with:
 An understanding of sexual health to
reduce unintended pregnancy and
teenage pregnancy
 Increased knowledge of abstinence and
contraception use

4. Program Objectives
 75% of the students will be able to identify the short term
and long term consequences of teenagers having babies
 75% of the students will be able to identify the
responsibilities associated with parenthood (being
pregnant and having a newborn)
 75% of students will be able to identify the assistance
available in their community for learning more about
teenage pregnancy, and for teenagers who become
pregnant
 Students will have a higher confidence level when it comes
to delaying sex or using contraception to prevent
unintended pregnancy and teenage pregnancy
 100% of students will provide feedback from lesson
evaluation

5. Priority Population
 Secondary education students, 9th-12th
grade teenage boys and girls
 Teens are at highest risk of unplanned
pregnancies, with almost 300,000 births
among teenagers aged 15-19 years
(CDC, 2013c)

6. Key Health Issue
 Higher rates of illness and death for both mother and
child are associated with teenage pregnancy
(NCBI, NLM, 2011).
 It is unfortunate that "girls born to teen mothers are more
likely to become teenage mothers themselves, and boys
born to teen mothers have a higher than average rate of
being arrested and jailed" (NCBI, NLM, 2011, para 15).
 Teenage mothers are about 2 years behind their age
group in completing their education (NCBI, NLM, 2011).
 Children of teenage mothers are more likely to drop out
of high school and have lower school achievement, have
more health problems, be incarcerated during teenage
years, face unemployment as a young adult, and give
birth as a teenager (CDC, 2012a).

7. Strategy Introduction
 Personal stories about my close friends
and family members teenage pregnancy
journey
 What do you know about teenage
pregnancy?
 What would you like to learn about
teenage pregnancy?

8. Procedures and Methodology
 Introduction
 Importance of Teenage Pregnancy
Prevention
 Distribute and explain movie review handout
to the student
 Watch Juno: stopping periodically to allow
time for movie review questions to be
answered
 Discussion
 Evaluation
 Closing

9. Procedures and Methodology
Interactive
 Why do you think so many teenagers get
pregnant? Peer pressure? Naivety?
Choice? Incorrect use of contraception?
 Think about the difficulties face by
teenage parents. Sacrifices?
Responsibilities? Birth? Commitment??
Financial considerations? Education
considerations

10. Procedures and Methodology
Instructional
 Explain lesson and movie review handout
 This movie review handout has questions
about some of the situations Juno faces
throughout her pregnancy.
 We will be stopping the movie to allow you time
to answer those questions.
 Once we have completed the movie we will
have an open discussion about the movie or
about any questions or concerns you may
have.

11. Procedures and Methodology
Educational
 More facts and statistics about teenage
pregnancy:
 The younger a teenage mother is below the
age of 20, the higher the risk of her child dying
during their first year of life (NCBI, NLM, 2011)
 Teenage pregnancy is a significant factor that
contributes to high school dropout rates among
girls; "only about 50% of teenage mothers
received a high school diploma by 22 years of
age versus approximately 90% of women who
had not given birth during adolescence"
(CDC, 2012a, para 4)

12. Additional Resources
 U.S. Department of Health & Human
Services, Office of Adolescent Health
 http://www.hhs.gov/ash/oah/oah-
initiatives/teen_pregnancy/
 The National Campaign to Prevent
Teenage Pregnancy
 www.thenationalcampaign.org/
 Stay Teen
 http://www.stayteen.org/teen-pregnancy

13. Evaluation Component
 After lesson, students will be asked to write a
detailed reason about why you think it is
important to prevent teenage pregnancy.
 Students will also be asked to write what they
are going to do to prevent teenage
pregnancy?
 Finally, students will anonymously be asked
write what they liked and did not like about
the lesson?

14. References
 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
(2012a). About Teen Pregnancy. Retrieved from
http://www.cdc.gov/TeenPregnancy/AboutTeenP
reg.htm
 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
(2013c). Teen Pregnancy. Retrieved
from http://www.cdc.gov/teenpregnancy/
 National Center of Biotechnology Information, U.S.
National Library of Medicine. (2011). Adolescent
pregnancy. Retrieved from
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH
0002484/