Teen Pregnancy

Family is the natural and basic group unit of society and is entitled to safeguard by community and State. Family keeps different prospect about their children, when is the suitable time for their children to become parent and what all things to be occurred before they become parents. (Dallas 2004). Pregnancy and parenthood is an overcoming experience for all age groups but for teenagers it can create a developmental problem as they go through or experience two stages at the same time, which is parenthood and adolescent (Bishop, 2007). However, pregnancy and child birth is a significant health problem in Australia and it changes the family structure and the socio-economic status of the family which have a negative impact on the society. Also, if the parents are unemployed, it gives more stress and anxiety which turn into domestic violence. Children of unemployed parents are in higher risks of experiencing financial hardships and emotional stress. (Bishop, 2007).This essay will analyse the changing trends and the nursing interventions of two population groups which are teenage girls and unemployed parents.The common trends include adolescent pregnancy and its complications, and domestic violence on unemployed parents.

Over the last few years teenage pregnancy has reduced in Australia because of the increased accessibility of contraception, entrée to abortion and an alteration in educational and occupational chance for women (Women’s Health Queensland Wide Inc, 2011). Adolescent pregnancy is defined as a pregnancy in a female who is 19 years or under (Women’s Health Queensland Wide Inc, 2011). Culturally & historically, adolescent pregnancy is a normal trend (Leishman & Moir, 2007). In Australia, those adolescent who give birth is most often to be Australian-born and Indigenous. They are likely to get more complications than those pregnant women who are above 20years old. In addition, habitually they smoke, use unlawful drugs and have poor nourishment throughout