Teenage Pregnancy Prevention

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Running head: A hopeful approach for Teen Pregnancy Prevention Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Human Behavior and the Social Environment II In this paper I will demonstrate how to create a community intervention program that would aid a low-income community in meeting the needs of teenage pregnancy. There have been many reasons that cause Adolescent Pregnancy. A hopeful approach to teenage pregnancy would be prevention. A great deal of research has recognized a number of reasons that emphasize adolescent sexual and contraceptive behavior, pregnancy, and childbearing. Several recent reports summarize these studies. (Dryfoos, 1990) There are to be considered five types of influences that contribute to these behaviors. These influences are biological, family, peer, partner and sibling, community, policy, and television. Among the many factors in each of these categories, four of them are the most predictive of early pregnancy and childbearing: poverty, school dropouts, early behavior problems, and family problems. (Moore, 1995) I would choose a framework for organizing causes essential to teen pregnancy and childbearing. There are biological circumstances such as gender, age, testosterone level, and timing of puberty that are attributed to teen pregnancy. Some researchers such as Doug Kirby have shown that these circumstances are causally related to adolescent sexual and contraceptive behavior and pregnancy, and they have moderate effects. A second set of circumstances could be seen as a demonstration of social inadequacy or disadvantage. This could consist of issues in the community and the family. Some issues may be violent crimes, poverty, unemployment, family marital troubles, parents' lack of education, mother's and/or sister's being an adolescent mother, poor child rearing practice, lack of parental support or supervision, and inappropriate sexual pressure

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