Family Health Promotion Paper

Family health promotion paper

Teenage pregnancy has grown disproportionally during that last few years. According to the research conducted by center for health promotion and prevention by Texas health center at Houston, in 2010 it has shown that Texas has the fourth largest teenage pregnancy rate in United States of America. Texas currently has one million Spanish speaking or Latino teens who are at high risk for negative reproductive health, for example teen pregnancy and Sexually transmitted diseases (STD). In this paper we will discuss about the health profile of the Latino high risk family group with explanation of high teen pregnancy rates in this group, behaviors and patterns associated with this group. Family theories, analysis of family function, family assessment, literature and researches conducted in strategies of prevention teen pregnancy, 2010 objectives of teen pregnancy prevention and highlights of advance nurses role in teen pregnancy and prevention.

Health profile on specific high risk family group

Latino teens pregnancy rates are extremely high and in 2010 it was reported by Texas health science center that 98 per 1000 Latino girls between ages of 15-19 are giving birth. Most teens are sexually experienced while in school and over 32,000 births are reported among Latino teens in this country .Currently there are 414,583 sexually experienced Latino teens in united state schools and 89,000 reports to have multiple partners.

Who are Latinos?

Latinos are individuals from Mexico, Cuba, Puerto Rico, South or Central America or other Spanish culture origin. Majority of these people live in California and Texas. They are the largest minority living in Texas. Texas at present has nine million Latinos and they comprise of 37% of the Texas population.

Specific high risk of this cultural group

There are specific factors that influence this high risk of teenage pregnancy. For long years researches have been conducted in this field to find the influencing factors of teen pregnancy and prevention. America had teenage pregnancies earlier too. Now this matter is very urgent as there has been a rise in teenage pregnancy, STD and births outside marriage. According to Farber (2003) Special characteristics within the family structure, age at first sexual intercourse, goals or expectations in life and sexual abuse are the main factors that influence teenage pregnancies. Studies conducted by Rosen (1997) have shown that poverty has a major influence on teenage pregnancy.

Family structure

Growing number of American people live in unstable homes and family situations and most of the people in this situations become very sexually active at an earlier age .Rosen (1997) stated that this early