Preventing Teen Pregnancy

Jennifer Chadwick

PSY-225 Human Sexuality 11-Jul-2011 (0101)

08/21/2011

Teen Pregnancy Prevention Plan and Contraception Program

A teen pregnancy prevention plan needs to address topics to educate teenagers about sex, and teach them ways to prevent unwanted teen pregnancy. An effective teen pregnancy prevention plan should focus on teaching about both abstinence and contraception (Frost & Forest 1995). The plan should also be developmentally appropriate so that everything that is presented to the audience is understandable and relatable (Girls Incorporated 1991). The primary audience will be teens ages 12-18. Knowledgeable and educated individuals (such as medical professionals and youth counselors) will be surveyed to determine teenage pregnancy trends in the community, and they will also be appointed to speak to teenagers about sexual issues and contraception use and options.

Workshops and classes at local community centers and schools will focus on relationships, feelings that occur within these relationships. It is typical for young children and teens alike to have questions regarding sex (Crooks 2010). Along with encouraging questions about sexual intercourse and methods of birth control, allowing them to have open and honest conversations is important. It is shown that parents can be the greatest communicators of sex, and young people usually prefer to be able to talk to their mothers and fathers about sex (Hutchinson

& Cooney, 1998). Parental involvement will be implemented by showing parents ways of connecting with their teens on the topic of sex and pregnancy prevention. The teens should be educated on biological aspects of their bodies as well as the opposite sex. Not only should pregnancy prevention be taught to teens, but STD prevention as well.

It is important to make it known that it is completely normal to have sexual feelings for other people (Crooks 2010). They will be made aware of exactly how reproduction occurs, and how to avoid...