Prevention and Management Interventions

Instructions:

You are the community health nurse for a population with the following statistical data available to you.  This community has rates of type 2 diabetes that are twice as high as the national average, poverty rates 2.5 times higher than the national average, and childhood obesity rates that are increasing by 30% every five years.  Using the Healthy People 2030 objectives and guidelines, answer the following questions and provide your rationale for your answer. You can find the full Healthy People 2030 goals, objectives and guidelines at  Healthy People 2030 (Links to an external site.) .(see link below for direct article) On this website, identify the appropriate topic. Across the top of each topic page are tabs that read “overview”, “objectives” and “interventions”. The interventions tab provides evidence-based guidelines for the prevention and management of these issues for a population.  This is where you will find your answers.

Questions to answer, APA format

Which approach might be effective in reducing the rates of teen pregnancy in the community?

1. Individual counseling to promote abstinence until marriage.

2. Parental education on the risks of adolescent pregnancy.

3. Providing free pregnancy testing sites throughout the community

4. School-based education to improve the use of contraception among teens

Why is this answer correct? Why aren’t the others correct?