How can we prevent teen-pregnancies in Africa?

Therefore this study aims to identify the social and economic influencers of teenage pregnancy which would help develop a best-practice approach to reduce its incidence in Africa. read more

Connect that education to some bright future worth consideration. There needs to be real stuff for teens to do, or they will do what they can find to do. 3. Access to contraception. All forms to the highest degree possible. 4. Better norms. In addition to educating the teens, educating the adults works too. read more

This belief will not prevent teenage girls from experimenting and running the risk of becoming pregnant. Of course nothing will work universally, not even education, or contraception. So as research shows, it is the job of parents and schools to teach teens about the negative effects of teenage pregnancy. read more

Teen pregnancy and birthrates have both declined sharply in the 1990s (figure 1). The fact that these declines predated the enactment of federal welfare reform suggests that they were caused by other factors. read more