Annotated Bibliography On Healthy Relationships And Teen Pregnancies

This article discusses a wide collection of realms, including healthy relationships, unintentional pregnancy, dating and sexual violence and the prevention of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs). The article begins by including detailed statistics of STI’s and teen pregnancies, placing prominence on the benefits of a healthy relationship approach. Throughout, the focus is on health promotion strategies within relationships to preclude and diminish the levels of disease. It was acknowledged that there is a lack of framework available in public health. Creation of a tool outlining relationship characteristics correlated with the optimum relationship and individual health at each developmental stage will address these gaps and enhance the efficacy of sexual health promotion strategies. …show more content…
It has been proven that partner trust, commitment, communication, intimacy, personality and physical attributes all influenced sexual and reproductive health outcomes. Additional factors including the social determinants of health also play an influential role. Romantic relationships don't only have a substantial influence over sexual health but also impact individuals’ self- esteem, confidence, body image, communication, ability to trust, as well as mental and emotional health. The article continues to identify the complexity of healthy relationships, recognizing that certain traumatic events in relationships have the ability to improve resilience and coping skills. This discovery commenced the author to preach the importance of not categorizing relationships as healthy versus unhealthy but examining the quantity in which these qualities are exhibited. Throughout this study, a multidimensional upstream approach is studied that highlights that healthy relationships promote reproductive and sexual