Health concerns for teenage pregnancy NURS FPX 4060 Assessment 1 Health Promotion Plan CG

Health concerns for teenage pregnancy NURS FPX 4060 Assessment 1 Health Promotion Plan CG

 Health promotion is vital in influencing people to be in control of their health and preventing factors that might negatively impact the well-being of individuals. Health promotion can be defined as adopting the practices and behaviors that enable one to have a healthy living. Thus, it is the adoption of a lifestyle that enables one to be in control of all the factors that affect the well-being of an individual. On the matter of teenage pregnancy, it is m imperative to educate the adolescents about the health impacts of teenage pregnancy. Teenage pregnancy exposes adolescents to health risks such as mental health illnesses, abortion, and pregnancy complications (Cook & Cameron, 2017). Teenage pregnancy can occur either intentionally or unintentionally. The environment and lack of awareness are some of the factors that immensely contribute to the increase in teenage pregnancy. The environmental factors can be culture or a teenager living in an environment that encourages teenage pregnancy. Lack of awareness refers to a lack of information to the teenagers on the health risks of teenage pregnancy. Therefore, due to the health risks such as abortion, suicide due to stigma from the community, and other health complications caused by teenage pregnancy, it is imperative to create awareness about adolescent pregnancy.