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Teenagers and Birth Control

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Recent cases of increased pregnancy among teenagers elicited the preparation of this health packet for the community members. Teenage births result in substantial costs, including public assistance, health care costs, and income losses due to lower educational attainment and reduced earning potential. This health packet will enable the community to familiarize themselves with the birth control measures and how they can contribute in preventing teenage pregnancies. The information packet will be used in the community. This is based on the high rate of teenage pregnancies that has been experienced in the region. Therefore, distributing the information packet can help in reducing the number of teenage pregnancies by the use of birth control measures. Questions Expected from Community Members 1. What are the birth control measures? 2. What are some of the common birth control measures? 3. Are they safe for our children? 4. Does this mean that we are encouraging sex amongst our kids? 5. Are the control measures a hundred percent effective? 6. Is the measures gender specific or can be used on both genders? 7. How does the community benefit from this information? Upon distributing the information to the community, various members are expected to react differently based on the information provided. Sex is a sensitive subject in most of the communities even in the modern day, therefore, subjects related to sex are shunned by the whole community as they try to avoid any involvement in it. These different perceptions about sex are based either on religious grounds, cultural practices or due to social conformity. Therefore, upon distributing the information, some of the expected decisions to be made by the community include: 1. Disregard the information and carry on with their daily lives due to the sensitivity of the sex subject. 2. Try to find out more about the control measures available in their locality. 3. Talk to their teenagers about sex abstinence and use of contraceptives. 4. Other will condemn the information provided. This is expected especially from a religious front. Information Packet Birth control is used in describing the various ways that are used in preventing a young girl or a woman from getting pregnant. It describes a variety of methods ranging from the use of ‘contraceptives’ to avoiding sex in order to prevent pregnancy cases. Use of contracepti

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