The Impact of Adolescent Pregnancy on the Quality of Life: Focusing on Medication Intervention Implications

Abstract

Adolescent pregnancy as a social problem is not only distributed around the world but also comes with many significant challenges both for the mother and the baby, with developing countries observed to be the worst hit. It is also notable that the outcome and risk of adolescent pregnancy forms one of the undeveloped and developed regions’ major public health problems, especially in terms of neonatal and maternal mortality and morbidity. Hence, the recommendation that this paper makes involves some of the means on how to make adolescent pregnancy safer, especially after discerning that it is associated with several risks and complications both on the side of the mother and that of the baby. Particularly, the study recommends the need for community, family, and individual care. As indicated earlier, most of the adolescent mothers are seen to lack power, income, experience, education, and knowledge when compared to their adult counterparts. As such, the study recommends that programs that should be embraced are those that should be out to respond to these challenges that many adolescent mothers face.