What Can Be Done to Help Reduce the Number of Teen

question 41

Multiple Choice

What can be done to help reduce the number of teen pregnancies? The Annie E. Casey Foundation, in its annual report, Kids Count, makes the following recommendations, EXCEPT:

• A)Reinvigorate prevention efforts, intensifying the focus on underlying causes.
• B)Remove parents from the role of sex educators.
• C)Broaden the scope of pregnancy prevention efforts.
• D)Give young people a credible vision of a positive future.
• E)Provide accurate, clear, consistent, and ongoing information about how to reduce risk-taking behavior.

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Definitions:

Valence

In psychology, refers to the intrinsic attractiveness (positive valence) or averseness (negative valence) of an event, object, or situation.

Specific, Challenging

Goals that are clear and precise, requiring effort and commitment to achieve, and are often motivating.

Expectancy Theory

A motivation theory that suggests an individual's motivation is influenced by their expectation that their effort will lead to desired performance and that performance will lead to a desired reward.

First Level Outcome

The immediate results or effects that are directly attributable to a specific action or intervention.