Good health is vital to good living and wellbeing. Adolescent
health is one of the vital aspects when it comes to community health. Teens
face many challenges and are curious regarding sexual maturity.
So, it is their parents’ responsibility to help them in their journey toward sexual
maturity.
The article points out that parents are happier when doctors
offer their teen daughters birth control pills and condoms rather than more
effective and long acting contraceptives. In a phone survey cited in the
article parents and caregivers preferred birth control pills the most.
Unintended pregnancies are high when non effective contraception is used
because teens sometime do not use condoms correctly or take birth control pills regularly. As a result, parents
should accept other methods and encourage their children to use them.
Short- acting contraceptive methods are favored by a majority
of teenagers. However, these contraceptives have lower adherence and higher
pregnancy rates compared with long- acting reversible contraceptives which have
the highest effectiveness (less than 1%). More than 80% of teen pregnancies are
unintended and are caused because of the failure of condoms, withdrawal, or misuse of
oral contraceptives. With higher rates of satisfaction and no need for daily
adherence, long-acting reversible methods are the best recommendations for all
women and adolescents.
In conclusion, long-acting contraception is safe, effective,
and helps reduce unintended teen pregnancies more than short-acting
contraception. In addition, reports have shown that long-acting contraception
is better so parents who play a vital role in teen’s life should encourage
their children to use them.
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