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Hello, Professor and Class! Adolescent pregnancy can be considerably high-risk, not only for the mother, but also the fetus. Adolescent pregnancy can derive from multiple precursors which can promote high-risk behavior, precursors constitute as being a victim of sexual assault/abuse, having the fascination of birthing a child, having sex at a young age, engagement in alcohol and drugs at a young age, poor academic performance, low self-esteem, and lack of knowledge about conception and safe sex (Charlton et al., 2018). If there are adolescents who experience such environmental and social influences, there are local resources devoted to supporting these teenagers, whether pregnant or considering the idea. Teenage Parent Program (TPP) is a program that allows teenage mothers to continue school and education while being pregnant, the educational program will also provide a referral to health care providers, child-care during school hours, and transportation. Another resource is First Choice Women Center (FCWC), which includes free services for teens. The services include medical needs, counseling and treatment services, parenting classes, community resource referrals, and support services to find shelter and transportation. Statistically speaking, Miami-Dade County has a relatively low teen pregnancy rate in comparison to Florida and the United States. The current pregnancy rate is 11.4 every 1000 women between the ages of 15-19 years old, with the Florida average being 16.2 and the United States being 18.8. The average has continually decreased, in 2007, there was an average of 35.6, in 2011, it decreased to 24.4, and in 2015, it was 15.1 (Miami-Dade Matters, 2021). The decrease in teen pregnancies can circulate the development of resources and services that are not only available but accessible for teenagers. There are many opportunities for teenage women to acquire contraception. Link for TPP: http://tap.dadeschools.net/ Link for FCWC: www.firstchoicecenters.com References Charlton, B. M., Roberts, A. L., Rosario, M., Katz-Wise, S. L., Calzo, J. P., Spiegelman, D., & Austin, S. B. (2018). Teen pregnancy risk factors among young women of diverse sexual orientations. Pediatrics , 141 (4). Miami-Dade Matters. (2021). Teen Birth Rate: 15-19 . Retrieved from http://www.miamidadematters.org/indicators/index/view?indicatorId=430&localeId=414

Hello, Professor and Class! There are multiple unique stressors an adolescent can experience, such as peer pressure to live up to societal standards amongst peers and even divorce between parents. Adolescents can experience an array of stressors; however, these external stressors can become traumatic and quite influential in their day-to-day lives. Adolescents engage in high levels of peer interactions, which can produce peer pressure and eventual lead to potential high-risk behavior. Such behavior can include partaking in drugs, alcohol, and sexual intercourse (Morrison-Beedy et al., 2017). Peer pressure can provoke adolescents to engage in behavior that is commonly viewed amongst peers and providing support to adolescents to develop self-esteem to combat peer pressure can be essential as a nursing scholar. Such support can be advice during patient education or information to peer support groups that allow the teen to speak with others that are experiencing similar interactions. The second external stressor that can uniquely influence the behavior of an adolescent is experiencing a divorce. When an adolescent experiences two parents divorcing there is countless thoughts and emotions that begin to unravel, leading to potential high-risk behavior. These individuals tend to have increasingly high levels of depression, anxiety, separation processing delays, and higher potential to abuse drugs and alcohol (Sillekens & Notten, 2020). Adolescents have emotional regulation that continually develops and when two parents divorce, there is a lot of unanswered questions that lead to short- and long-term mental health disparities. Providing support and patient education regarding feelings and emotions and how communicating these emotions and thoughts are important, even if it means speaking to someone who is professional. References Morrison-Beedy, D., Grove, L., Ji, M., & Baker, E. (2017). Understanding the “why” for high- risk behavior: Adolescent girls’ motivations for sex. Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care , 28 (6), 877-887. Sillekens, S., & Notten, N. (2020). Parental divorce and externalizing problem behavior in adulthood. A study on lasting individual, family and peer risk factors for externalizing problem behavior when experiencing a parental divorce. Deviant Behavior , 41 (1), 1-16.

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