TEENAGE PREGNANCY Chicago’s teen birth rate does not exceed the national

average of 42.5%, however many communities have enormously high rates of 54.7/1,000.

53.6% of CPS high school students have reported having sexual intercourse. 34.9% of these students did not use protection and 84.8% did not use any contraceptives to prevent teen pregnancy.

STI’S AND HIV Chicago is now ranked first in number of cases of gonorrhea

and number two for Chlamydia. 11% of HIV/AIDs cases occur in Chicago’s adolescents.

ROOT CAUSESSYMPTOMS

TEENAGE PREGNANCY:ROOT CAUSES AND SYMPTOMS

Teenagers being extremely desperate for opportunities

Teenagers don’t want to breakup after high school -> get pregnant

Lack of protection Lack of contraceptives Social culture dictates sex being for

everyone to do Family influences Peer pressure Lack of education Inability to abort the baby (religion,

financial issues, etc.)

Relationships breaking up/isolation

Depression Stress Gain weight Morning sickness

Root causes Symptoms

STI’S AND HIV:ROOT CAUSES AND SYMPTOMS

Lack of contraceptives/broken contraceptives

Lack of education Environment (social culture

saying unprotected sex is best sex)

Itches Weakened immune system Body changes (loss of

weight) Warts, etc. Depressed, changes in

emotion (for the worse)

SOLUTION 1 Use social media like YouTube to provide information on

statistics and how to prevent teen pregnancy/HIV or STDs in a serious and funny way.

Do-it-yourself: you don’t need to work with teachers and principals to raise awareness about these issues.

Sexual health wellness will improve because teenagers are more knowledgeable on how to prevent STIs/teenage pregnancy and after-steps on what to do if the worse is to come.

SOLUTION 1 CONT. Youth wellness teams can assess their success by how

many views they receive. Teams can also ask others for how they looked the video/survey.

These videos will know what they are getting into by having sexual intercourse and what happens if they do get pregnant/an STI. This solution addresses mental wellness, sexual wellness, and physical wellness.

SOLUTION 2

Classes and workshops that teach others about the prevention of STIs and teenage pregnancy. Informative pamphlets and free contraceptives can be distributed during these classes and workshops.

Principals must be involved for approval. Sex Education and physical education teachers will be specialized to properly teach students about teenage pregnancy, contraceptives, STIs/HIV, etc. Teachers and other instructors must consult from the CPS Family Life and Comprehensive Sexual Health Education Guidelines.

These classes and workshops are a learning process to help improve the sexual wellness of students to stay healthy and knowledgeable.

SOLUTION 2 CONT. Surveys will be distributed to the students to assess what

they learned. Using initial tests in the beginning to see how much the students know about sexual health, and then using tests to see what they gained at the end of the class. Wellness teams can be involved with the curriculum by adding suggestions and input, however, only the teacher is allowed to pick and choose.

Mental wellness is very big because these classes and workshops are all about teaching others how to smarter and more knowledgeable about sexual health.

SOLUTION 3 A YWT can work with the local clinics to provide resources

and guest speakers to help prevent teenage pregnancy and STIs/HIV.

YWTs will have to work with principals and local clinics to get them involved. Administrators from each side will have to work together to mutually agree on the clinic providing for the students from the schools.

The project will improve the wellness of the school by providing professionals from the clinics to provide resources.

SOLUTION 3 CONT. Assessment on whether or not the contraceptives are being

taken, are teenage pregnancy rates going down, are students still getting STIs/HIV, etc.

Physical and mental wellness are being addressed because professionals can provide direct help to the students.

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