Play computer games, reduce teenage pregnancies

Health services programs aimed at reducing the rate of pregnancy among teenagers may want to check out the latest from Scotland: Use computer games to reduce pregnancies for teenagers.

The idea is that the young women most prone to becoming pregnant are also the least likely to participate in, or respond to, the traditional classroom health education course aimed at reducing teen pregnancy. But they play computer games, according to the Scottish government. So, playing a virtual mother, which shows the work involved in raising a child, can reduce pregnancy rates, the government has shown.