teen pregnancy
Underage expectant condition
Teen pregnancy is pregnancy occurring in adolescents, typically those aged 13 to 19.
The term usually carries concern about social and health consequences—interrupted education, economic hardship, health risks for young mothers.
Public health campaigns aim to reduce teen pregnancy rates.
Teen pregnancy rates have declined significantly since the 1990s.
- dropout ratesProportion leaving before completion
- stigmaMark of dishonor
- peer pressureInfluence from one's equals
- maternal healthCare for childbearing women
- forced marriageUnion without consent
family dynamics · prenatal care · scared · baby bump · neonatal care · gender roles · postpartum depression · statutory rape · poverty cycle · Juno · after school special · counseling services · contraceptive access · abstinence only · adolescent development · sexual health education · public health campaigns · shotgun wedding
- Youth Riskspeer pressure, bullying, underage drinking, drug use, substance abuse
- pregnancypregnant, prenatal care, due date, weeks, first trimester
- reproductive healthinfertility, childbirth, male infertility, fertility rates, ob-gyn
- sex edsex education, sex ed, puberty, consent education, contraception
- PSAsPSA, anti-smoking campaigns, PSAs, health campaigns, anti-drug ads
- Stigmasmental illness, HIV, AIDS, homelessness, addiction
teen pregnancypregnancy prevention
Blocking fertilization or implantation
contraception · birth control · sexual abstinence · protected sex · safe sex