My research question: What are the struggles of teen pregnancy and what good can come out if it?

Main idea
1:
Teen
pregnancy
statistics

Main idea
2:
How
children
are
affected

Source 1:
About health
(teen
pregnancy
facts)
There were
over a quarter
of a million
babies born to
women ages
15-19 in 2013.
85% of the
pregnancy's
are unplanned

Premature
birth or low
birth weight
caused by the
mother
participating
in drugs or
alcohol abuse
or her body is

Source 2:
Tackling Teen
Pregnancy

Source 3:
Teen
pregnancy and
abortion

The US has a teen

birth rate of 29.4
births per 1,000
girls aged 15-19. It
fell a rapid rate of
6 percent from
2011 and 2012
(since the gov. Has
been tracking it for
73 years)

Less than one

third of teens
who begin their
families before
the age of 18
ever earn a high
school diploma.

Children born to
teen mothers
experience
higher rates of
low birth rate,
dont have the
access to
sufficient health
care, receive

Source 4:
Teen
pregnancy
cause and
effect

Source 5:
Teenage
pregnancy

Source 6:
My
experience

Two in five
young
woman will
become
pregnant
before the
age of 20.
Four out of
five of those
pregnancies
will be
unintended.
More likely to
grow up in
poverty. More
likely to
become a teen
mother
themselves,
not as likely to
have proper

My child will
have to
grow up on
two different
homes
between her
parents.
Only has
one parent

not ready to
handle
carrying a
child.

Main idea
3:
How the
parent(s)
are
affected

The mother's
body is still
growing she
needs extra
nutrients to
provide for
her as well as
the baby.
Another
concern is the
use of drugs
and alcohol.

less medical
care and
treatment, often
receive
inadequate
parenting, they
often fall victims
of abuse or
neglect, often
suffer from poor
school
performance
and often have
to repeat a
grade.
There are
serious health
risks for
adolescents who
have babies,
they experience
a higher
maternal death
rate 2.5 times
greater than
that of mothers
aged 20-24.
Common
medical
problems: poor
weight gain,

nutrition,
health care,
proper social
stimulation.

Delaying
prenatal care,
7.2% receive
no care at all.
Unemploymen
t and low self
esteem. Less
likely to gain
adequate
weight during
pregnancy.

at a time
instead of
two to
switch off
when things
get hard,
frustration
or child
having a
rough day.

The
parents,
specifically
the mother,
have to
Make the
decision
best for the
child, (carry
the child
and raise
them, carry
the child
and give it
up for
adoption, or

I've had to
work extra
hard to
graduate,
work a good
job and be
able to
support
ourselves.
Did not get
the social
experiences
like a
"normal
teenager".
Struggled

anemia, STD's.
Later in life
young mothers
are at a greater
risk for obesity
and
hypertension.

Main idea
4:
Early/longterm
struggles

Delay in
prenatal care,
denial, afraid
to tell parents,
do not have
any support,
There is a
worry that
another
pregnancy will
follow

Teen pregnancy
is closely linked
to poverty and
single
parenthood. Out
of wedlock
child-bearing (as
opposed to
divorce) is the
driving force
between the
number of
single parents,
and half of first
out-of-wedlock
births are to
teens,

Teenage
pregnancies
have become
a public health
issue because
of their
observed
negative
effects on
perinatal
outcomes and
long-term
morbidity.
Young
maternal age
and long-term
morbidity is
usually
confounded by
the high
prevalence of

abortion).
This is a
very difficult
life
changing
decision
that needs
to take time
and lots of
thought.
Whatever
decision is
made, the
parents
need to live
with that
the rest of
their lives
and it will
dramatically
impact the
way they
live.

with self
confidence
and
depression.
My friends
all left me.

I didnt get
the
opportunity
to jump
right into
college like
planned. I
had to work
a lot of long
hours to be
able to
make ends
meet. I did
need extra
help in the
beginning
with
babysitters
so that I
could work
to provide.

poverty, low
level of
education, and
single marital
status among
teenage
mothers.
Main idea
5:
Preventing
teen
pregnancy

Comprehensive
sex education
courses, educating
teens on proper
contraception as
well as the correct
way to use them. It
is not very
effective to show
them a chart of
failure rates.
Abstinence only
courses dont work.
Courses work
specifically for
teens that
specialize in areas
where they are
interested
(relationships,
individual
attention, personal
safety). Free
contraception

Activities that
seek to instill
teens with
confidence and
a sense of the
future.
Education for
teens about sex,
relationships,
pregnancy and
parenthood.
Reproductive
health service.
Programs to
help strengthen
relationships
with family and
community.

works, shaming
campaigns dont.