Teen Pregnancy Lecture Powerpoint

Question 1

High school drop outs in teen mothers

Answer 1

Only 50% of teen mothers receive a high school diploma by 22 years

Question 2

Age of menarche trend

Answer 2

Has decreased in recent years to an avg of 12.5, thought to be due to BMI

Question 3

Why are teen pregnancies decreasing? (2)

Answer 3

• Teens are less sexually active

- those who are are using birth control

Question 4

Condom use in teens trend

Answer 4

Decreasing over past 10 years

Question 5

Counseling considerations in teenagers (7)

Answer 5

• contraception education
• STI’s and gardasil
• sexual violence
• confidentiality (know state laws)
• normalization
• respect
• avoid assumptions

Question 6

___ of female adolescents have lab evidence of at least one of the following: HPV, chlamydia, trichomonas, HSV, gonorrhea

Answer 6

1/4

Question 7

Most common STI seen in teenage women and how is it treated? (2)

Answer 7

Chlamydia

Single dose azithromycin or doxycycline BID

Question 8

Gardasil 9 vaccine prevents these against these 3 diseases

Answer 8

• genital warts
• cancers of vulva or penis
• cervical cancer

Question 9

1 contraception failure is due to…

Answer 9

…patient noncompliance

Question 10

Predictors and social aspects of teenage pregnancy (4)

Answer 10

• sexuality on tv
• parental involvement matters
• community
• friends and social groups

Question 11

Up to __% of teen pregnancies are planned

Answer 11

31%

Question 12

Outcomes of teen pregnancies

Answer 12

-1/2 result in live birth
1/4 terminated electively
1/4 result in miscarriage

Question 13

Problems in teen pregnancy (5)

Answer 13

• more likely to delay seeking prenatal care
• higher rates of unfavorable birth outcomes
• more likely to drop out of school
• more likely to live in poverty
• children 2x more likely to be abused or neglected or end up in prison

Question 14

Pretest counseling for teen pregnancy**

Answer 14

Asking a patient what they would do if their pregnancy test was positive in order to help them consider their options and unearth any potential concerns about well being and health of the patient

Question 15

PA minor consent to treat laws

Answer 15

• minor can consent to birth control, pregnancy tests, and testing for STI without adult permission
• pregnant teen can consent to their own prenatal care
• to have an abortion must have a parent or guardians consent unless in medical emergency
• teens parents cannot force abortion
• father has no rights in abortion chioce
• No open adoption so once parents rigths are terminated parent has no legal right to see child unless adoptive parents allow it
• mother cannot give up rights until child is 72 hours old for adioption, father can consent as soon as he hears of birth, consent must be voluntary