For this assignment, you will
be creating a teen pregnancy prevention (or teen parenting) plan. The
teen pregnancy prevention plan can focus on how to reduce unplanned teen
pregnancy, or can focus on how to improve teen parenting efforts. How you
go about this is up to you, but it is important to use the research when
formulating your plan. Any variables you select should be backed up by
research. In this paper you will:
1.
Describe several facets of
your plan: what variables (e.g., parental monitoring) will you choose to focus
on and why (e.g., higher parental monitoring has been shown by the research to
lower teens’ risk of adolescent pregnancy).
2.
You will also discuss how you
would attempt to effect those variables (e.g., educating parents on how to effectively
monitor without being overprotective, since that seems to increase teens’
risk).
3.
Finally, you will
discuss how you would implement such a program logistically (e.g., who
specifically would you target for your program and why? Where would this
program be based?).
You must use scholarly
sources, such as class notes, outside journal articles and/or text to
formulate your response. Use a minimum of four scholarly resources, two of
these being peer-reviewed journal articles.
Your plan should be written in
paragraph form (not in bullet points). Your plan should have a minimum of 1,000
words, but you will not be penalized for going over the word limit.
Prepare this assignment
according to the guidelines found in the GCU Style Guide, located in the
Student Success Center.
This assignment uses a grading
rubric. Instructors will be using the rubric to grade the assignment;
therefore, students should review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment
to become familiar with the assignment criteria and expectations for successful
completion of the assignment.
