Teenage Pregnancy‚ Why is this Important Kimberly O. Johnson American Sentinel University Nursing 505: Theoretical Foundations Dr. Ami Bhatt December 30‚2012 Teenage Pregnancy: Why is this Important Teen pregnancy is a critical public health issue that affects the health and educational‚ social and economic future of the mother and child. Teen pregnancy is also a significant factor in numerous other important social issues: welfare dependency‚ out-of-wedlock births
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In today’s society‚ teen pregnancy has become an issue. If you step foot into a local high school‚ it wouldn’t be shocking to see a pregnant student. In fact‚ if you asked a student if they have a friend who is expecting or has already given birth‚ the answer would most likely be a yes. It seems to be that any form of contraception isn’t a priority for young girls today. Today‚ many girls search for love and attention. These girls believe love and attention could be found by becoming pregnant. Another
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In the US‚ teen pregnancy rates have been decreasing in the last decade even though current rates remain twice as high as those found in other industrialized nations (Alan Guttmacher Institute‚ 1994). In spite of decreasing rates‚ among African American teenagers‚ the pregnancy rate is particularly high. In 1996‚ the pregnancy rate was 178.9 per thousand among African-American females aged 15 to 19 years‚ compared with a pregnancy rate of 82.6 among whites (Alan Guttmacher Institute‚ 1999). Additionally
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Persuasive Essay Teen pregnancy is something that has been around for ages‚ and isn’t all that uncommon. As of 2006‚ out of a million teens between the ages 15-19 three quarters of them end up pregnant every year. Out of all those teens‚ only a very few planned on becoming teen mothers. Through my interviews I have learned just how difficult and life changing becoming pregnant and having a baby as a teen can be. The best thing for teens to do is wait to have a baby‚ because having a baby this young
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Psychosocial Development and the Effects of Teenage Pregnancy Liberty University Abstract An estimated 400‚000 teen girls‚ ages 15-19 years‚ give birth each year in the US. In today’s media sexual activity and teen parenting is often glamorize‚ but the truth of the matter is the reality is harshly different. Having a child during the teen’s formative years carries the high price of emotional‚ physical‚ and financial‚ not only to the mother‚ but father‚ child‚ and community. Parents‚ educators
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Teenage Pregnancy: A Socially Inflicted Health Hazard Bratati Banerjee‚ GK Pandey‚1 Debashis Dutt‚2 Bhaswati Sengupta‚2 Maitrayei Mondal‚2 and Sila Deb Department of Community Medicine‚ Maulana Azad Medical College‚ New Delhi‚ India 1Department of Epidemiology‚ All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health‚ Kolkata‚ India 2Department of Public Health Administration‚ All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health‚ Kolkata‚ India Address for correspondence: Dr. Bratati Banerjee‚ Department
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Negative Effects of Computers in Classrooms By Jessy Norman Computers and other related technologies have become an enormous part of our daily lives. They have altered our sense of people‚ space‚ and time. From our living rooms‚ we can now talk to people‚ and watch ev ents unfold in far-off places. Shopping‚ banking‚ and game playing are just a few of the other daily activities that have also changed. So many aspects of the ways we communicate and handle information have been altered by technological
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Cause and Effect Essay: Teenage Pregnancy Teenage Pregnancy is one of the most alarming issues in our world today. Many teenagers engage themselves in sexual intercourse with their partners just to be “in” with their friends. Surprisingly‚ some countries even celebrate early teenage pregnancy‚ as it is a clear sign of fertility. But moderately‚ a teenage girl being pregnant before adulthood is critically looked down upon with shame. In 2009‚ around 410‚000 teenage girls‚ ages 15 to 19‚ gave birth
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Singapore Statistics from the Malaysia Welfare Department for this year‚ from January to April 2010‚ reported that 111 unmarried young girls were pregnant. The figure‚ however‚ is just the tip of the iceberg as many cases go unreported and pregnancies terminated. It also reported in New Straits Times on 23rd July 2010‚ the body of a baby girl found in a bag at a bus stop near the Sultan Ismail Hospital‚ Johor Bahru in the morning. Also there a baby found buried. New Straits Times on 18th July
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