Adolescent pregnancy is viewed as a high-risk situation due to the serious health risks that this creates for the mother, the baby, and society at large. Describe various risk factors or precursors to adolescent pregnancy. Research community and state resources devoted in adolescent pregnancy and describe at least two of these resources. Research the teen pregnancy rates for the last 10 years for your state and community. Has this rate increased or decreased? Discuss possible reasons for an increase or decrease.
The adolescent mothers (10-19 years) face more health problems than the adult mothers (more than 20 years age) due to the restrictions in accessing the healthcare data. The adolescent pregnant are at more risk of developing preeclampsia, premature birth, and low birth weight babies.
As per the reports of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 80% of pregnancies are unintended. Due to the availability of efficient contraceptives and other birth control methods, during 2000-2012, the percent teen pregnancies decreased by 47%. Since 2013, the teen pregnancies have dropped by 9%. Throughout the world, the overall drop in teen pregnancies from 1991 to 2014 was 61%. As per the reports of a government survey conducted in 2016, the teen rate was dropped by 9% when compared to 2015.
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