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Running head: TEEN PREGNANCY HEALTHCARE PROMOTION PLAN 1 Teen Pregnancy Healthcare Promotion Plan Name Institution
TEEN PREGNANCY HEALTHCARE PROMOTION PLAN 2 Teen Pregnancy Healthcare Promotion Plan Introduction Pregnancy among teen is also known as adolescent pregnancy, is the pregnancy among females below the age of twenty. The involvement of different plans alongside promoting health care among such female individuals is vital in empowering them to make healthy choices as well as harmonize their wellbeing conditions (Boyce, Travers, Rothbart, Santiago, & Bedell, 2018). Other techniques used in curbing cases of pregnancy among school-going children are significant in preventing unnecessary pregnancies. The idea of addressing teen pregnancy cases helps in most cases in dealing with issues of complications on girls' wellbeing that tend to be early mothers. Such views help reduce the burden in various communities and populations in addressing health disorders among teens. The aim of health promotion among teen pregnancy always targeted vulnerable girls or girls with great dangers of getting pregnant after ovulation. The health promotion plans help address risks linked with socioeconomic factors leading to low birth weight, premature labor, cases of anemia, and pre-eclampsia. The health promotion plan aims to improve access to prenatal care among pregnant teens (Tevendale, Condron, Garraza, House, Romero, Brooks, & Walrath, 2017). Therefore, this research paper illustrates the outline of the healthcare promotion plan for cases of pregnancies among teenagers and determines the agreed-upon objectives for prenatal care. Teen Pregnancy as Health Concern Cases of teen pregnancies are the causes of concern globally. From the historical view, teen pregnancies are nothing new in medical studies. Global organization for health recorded approximately 16 million girls between 15 alongside 19-years together with about 1 million girls below 15-years sire children annually. Presently, the vast popularity of pregnancies among teens
TEEN PREGNANCY HEALTHCARE PROMOTION PLAN 3 takes place within low, along with middle-income nations. Cases of ineffective health-care services characterize such countries. Therefore, such regions have high possibilities of complications during pregnancy and birth. Besides, postpartum stages forty-two days after childbirth are other demise causes amid girls below twenty years internationally. Barfield, Warner, & Kappeler (2017) stated that teen pregnancies are a health concern as it has been anticipated that over 3 million teen girls constantly experience dangerous abortion that always results in consecutive reproductive issues or even loss of lives. 15 years ago, organizations dealing with global kid’s crisis funds noted that globally, every 5th child is given birth to by the teen mum, and eighty percent of these alleged pregnancies among teens always occur within third-world nations. The risk associated with teen pregnancies has been pointed out to be linked with anemia, preterm labor, infections of the urinary tract, preterm birth, elevated rate of cesarean operations, and low weight at birth among infants, together with even motherly and newborn humanity. Teen pregnancies are a significant health concern as it still occurs in high-returns countries and regardless of much enhanced medicinal healthcare, such pregnancies are still hazardous (Mueller, Tevendale, Fuller, House, Romero, Brittain, & Varanasi, 2017). The policymakers are still trying to make appropriate guidelines on how teen girls can avoid early motherhood. More teen girls are choosing to go for abortion, which is risky for their wellbeing. For instance, it has been estimated that 5.6 million abortions occur annually amongst teenage girls aged fifteen years to 19 of age, with 3.9 million are risky, leading to maternal death, cases of morbidity alongside permanent healthcare harms.
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TEEN PREGNANCY HEALTHCARE PROMOTION PLAN 4 Significance of the Health Promotion to Teen about Teen Pregnancies While the centres for illness management and avoidance continue to account for decreased rates of teen pregnancies, with about one million adolescent girls conceiving annually, the incidence of teen pregnancies is still of significant concern. Promoting healthcare concerning teen pregnancy can help address the issue of pregnancies that have been public health issues. It directly affects mothers, children, and even fathers (Finley, Suellentrop, Griesse, House, & Brittain, 2017). Promotion can help reduce school dropouts among school-going children, increase psychological well-being rates, increase healthcare alongside fostering care charges and the vast choices of developmental harms for children born to teen mums. Health promotion can be vital in involving every individual that is affected by the issue within the community to collaborate and have effective partnerships in addressing teen pregnancies. For instance, it can help address teen pregnancy prevention by involving families, healthcare providers, school management, faith, community-based groups, policymakers, youths, and recreational centres to find effective ways of improving teens' wellbeing. Health promotion can provide an effective plan needed to prevent rising cases of teen pregnancies. Such information received through collaborations can be vital in forming decisions like choosing the kind of risk and caring features to concentrate to improve the efficient execution of practical- based preparations to avert cases of more pregnancies among teens. Establishing Agreed-Upon Goals Implementing and adopting clear goals are crucial to the health promotional plan alongside the involvement of the various individuals like policymakers, healthcare providers, school management, youths, and faith and community-based groups are even significant in dealing with teen pregnancies. Agree-upon objectives by such groups are vital in gauging the
TEEN PREGNANCY HEALTHCARE PROMOTION PLAN 5 progress of dealing with teen pregnancies together with determining the practical techniques for achievement within the promotion design (Garney, Wilson, Nelon, Muraleetharan, McLeroy, & Baletka, 2018). For instance, agreed-upon objectives in dealing with teen pregnancies consist of collecting diverse individuals' views in ensuring that they are incorporated in the policies to address teen pregnancies and engagement with the set plan both within the community, schools, religious institutions, and healthcare institutions. Besides, collaborations of policymakers, healthcare providers, school management, youths, and faith and community-based groups on the issue of teen pregnancies can be vital in guaranteeing effective engagement with the plan of curbing cases of teen pregnancies (Barfield, Warner, & Kappeler, 2017). These agreed-upon goals are also sensible for every stakeholder involved in dealing with the issue of teen pregnancies. Conclusion Teen pregnancies and having effective health care promotional plan is the national priority. Besides, it can be noted from the above discussion that teen pregnancies are the international global issues that take place within high, middle, as well as low-income nations. Worldwide, pregnancies amongst teens are more likely to occur in marginalized society, always determined by inadequate understanding and education, poverty, and employment chances. It is evident that teen pregnancies still have significant health consequences for mothers and their babies. Such consequences make teen pregnancies the central basis of death among teen girls aged between 15 and 19.
TEEN PREGNANCY HEALTHCARE PROMOTION PLAN 6 References Barfield, W., Warner, L., & Kappeler, E. (2017). Why We Need Evidence-Based, Community- Wide Approaches for Prevention of Teen Pregnancy. Journal Of Adolescent Health , 60 (3), S3-S6. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2016.12.007 Boyce, K., Travers, M., Rothbart, B., Santiago, V., & Bedell, J. (2018). Adapting Evidence- Based Teen Pregnancy Programs to Be LGBT-Inclusive: Lessons Learned. Health Promotion Practice , 19 (3), 445-454. doi: 10.1177/1524839918756888 Finley, C., Suellentrop, K., Griesse, R., House, L., & Brittain, A. (2017). Stakeholder Education for Community-Wide Health Initiatives: A Focus on Teen Pregnancy Prevention. Health Promotion Practice , 19 (1), 38-50. doi: 10.1177/1524839917734521 Garney, W., Wilson, K., Nelon, J., Muraleetharan, D., McLeroy, K., & Baletka, D. (2018). Ecological Approaches to Teen Pregnancy Prevention: An Examination of Evidence- Based Interventions. Health Promotion Practice , 20 (4), 494-501. doi: 10.1177/1524839918815463 Mueller, T., Tevendale, H., Fuller, T., House, L., Romero, L., Brittain, A., & Varanasi, B. (2017). Teen Pregnancy Prevention: Implementation of a Multicomponent, Community- Wide Approach. Journal Of Adolescent Health , 60 (3), S9-S17. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2016.11.002 Tevendale, H., Condron, D., Garraza, L., House, L., Romero, L., Brooks, M., & Walrath, C. (2017). Practical Approaches to Evaluating Progress and Outcomes in Community-Wide Teen Pregnancy Prevention Initiatives. Journal Of Adolescent Health , 60 (3), S63-S68. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2016.09.018
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