Topic > Teen Pregnancy, by Hadi Danawi, Zenobia Bryant, and Tala...

The first article is by Hadi Danawi, Zenobia Bryant, and Tala Hasbini and is titled Targeting Unintended Teen Pregnancy in the US. This article is about numbers and statistics. The authors say we should take the statistics we know and use them as a starting point for where to direct resources. If we know of a community where there is a higher rate of teen pregnancy, then we can go into those communities and inform teens of the resources available in the area and offer them sex education classes. The authors also suggested that the best way to end teen pregnancy is not necessarily to address the problem directly, but we should first address differences within our own communities. The article also looks at which individuals might be more prone to having a teen pregnancy than others. The second article was written by Guiomar Luciana Danieli, Maria de Lourdes Denardin Budo, Lucia Beatriz Ressel and Margot Agathe Seiffert and is entitled Perceptions of Pregnancy and Health Education Experiences: Perspective of Teenage Pregnancy and it is a study conducted. The article first examines why teenagers tend to engage in sexual activity at such a young age. To gain knowledge on this topic, the article contains information on a study conducted in southern Brazil. All study participants were adolescents in their first trimester. The study first consisted of an interview with nine open-ended questions and an observation session in which the adolescents' posture and attitudes regarding their pregnancy were observed. 13 adolescents aged between 14 and 19 were used for the study. Ultimately the adolescents showed happiness, fear, anxiety and insecurity. The third art... the medium of paper... owning. Bratsis went on to argue that the reason for the decline may be due to public advertising campaigns, particularly those showing the disadvantages of being a young mother. Bratsis (2015) further claimed that 86% of adolescents said they used contraceptives the last time they had sex, namely condoms and birth control (12). The author emphasized that we need to educate adolescents about the benefits of using long-acting reversible contraception instead of condoms and birth control. Bratsis suggested eliminating barriers, increasing availability, access and awareness of this type of contraception because it can prevent pregnancy for three to ten years depending on the method used. However, teenagers should be aware that they do not prevent sexually transmitted diseases. Bratsis believes that educating teens about this contraception will help reduce the rate of teen pregnancies.