Introduction
Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program
One of the most effective prevention programs for teen pregnancy is the one that starts from school. This certainly does not mean that community-based programs, media campaigns or clinic interventions are ineffective but rather these programs are difficult to evaluate and generally funding is not providing or with lesser impact to evaluate the result of the intervention program. The reason school-based intervention is significant, because school is a natural learning place where attempts are made to change adolescent attitude, behavior, and concepts. Teachers and school learning play their role to document the change within teenagers (Jennifer, 1995).
In school-based intervention program, there are different aspects that can be covered:
- Contraceptive education is important in the curriculum of prevention program of teenage pregnancy. This will include discussing different birth control devices and how these devices and different methods can be used to prevent pregnancy. The increasing use of contraceptive is encouraged in order to control or limit the sexually transmitted diseases that have life-long repercussions and are life-threatening (Hamilton, 2010).
- Another important aspect that is covered in school-based intervention program is known as life skills which consists of activities that involve the teenage student to make decision and enhance their decision-making skills, learn how to say no to sex, set major accomplishing goals for their lives and how to negotiate in their personal relationship. This will involve exercises of role-playing where students are asked to act in certain situations as provided by the instructor (Jennifer, 1995).
- Third aspect that can be covered is sexual education that will cover sexuality-related concerns, human growth and development, reproductive issues, healthy sexual values and behavior.
Conclusion
It is important that teenage pregnancy prevention programs should be implemented on the basic level in order to control the rising trend in teenage pregnancies where the parents are themselves immature to make any appropriate decision for the child to come or to financially support the child. These intervention programs involve educating the school children, providing them with birth control devices that would help control or limit the chances of teen pregnancy.
References
Hamilton BE, Martin JA, Ventura SJ (2010) “Births: preliminary data for 2009” National Vital Stat Rep, 59(3), pp.3-4.
Jennifer F. (1995) “Understanding the Impact of Effective Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Programs” Family Planning Perspectives, Volume 27, Number 5.
