ReCAPP: Professional Credits: Pregnancy Options Quiz

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Pregnancy Options

Continuing Education
Self-Study Quiz
for CHES and
CFLE Contact Hours

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Self-Study Quiz

Approximately what percent of pregnancies are unintended for women aged 15-19?
1. 25%.
2. 40%.
3. 60%.
4. 80%.

The following factors all contribute to high unintended pregnancy rates EXCEPT:
1. limited access to contraception.
2. a lack of reliable contraceptive methods.
3. a partner's unwillingness to use protection.
4. incorrect use of contraception.

Approximately how many states have laws requiring a minor to obtain the consent of — or notify — an adult, typically a parent, before an abortion?
1. 20%.
2. 40%.
3. 60%.
4. 80%.

Parental notification laws have the potential to place pregnant minors at risk because:
1. minors may seek illegal and unsafe abortions in order to avoid telling their parents.
2. the laws subsequently deny access to contraception until the age of 18.
3. the laws allow public access to minors' health information.
4. most parents do not want to know about their children's sexual activity.

Effective counseling to teens about pregnancy options should include:
1. a clear and strong message about the challenges of being a teen parent.
2. time spent clarifying her feelings about her choices.
3. a recommendation to make the same choice as most other teens.
4. input from the young man involved in the pregnancy.

Factors affecting adolescent satisfaction with a pregnancy choice include all the following EXCEPT:
1. a sense of ownership over the pregnancy decision.
2. a belief that the outcome was not forced.
3. a belief that the outcome came through a careful process of evaluation and decision-making.
4. agreement with the father on the decision.

Adoption rates among teenagers have declined drastically in part due to:
1. a greater commitment by the father in parenting.
2. laws making it tougher for teens to place children for adoption.
3. negative perceptions of adoption as a viable option.
4. lower rates of births to teen mothers.

All of the following are questions a counselor might ask a teen to ask herself to decide about a pregnancy EXCEPT:
1. Which choices could I live with?
2. How would each choice affect my everyday life?
3. What do my parents want me to do?
4. What are my plans for the future?

According to Ajzen and Fishbein's application of the Theory of Reasoned Action, the choices a teenager faces once she has decided to go ahead with the pregnancy include all of the following EXCEPT:
1. adoption.
2. relinquishing custody by giving the baby to her parents or other relatives.
3. keeping the child and raising him/her as a single mother.
4. keeping the child and raising him/her with the baby's father.

Resnick et. al's study "Patterns of Consultation Among Adolescent Minors Obtaining an Abortion" supports the notion that:
1. parental notification laws work as minors overwhelmingly find support from their parents when seeking an abortion.
2. minors tend to seek support from parents for an unintended pregnancy at the earliest suspected signs of pregnancy.
3. minors tend to seek support from those who they perceive as closest and most supportive.
4. the older the adolescent, the more likely she is to seek support from a parent.

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