EPIDEMIOLOGY OF ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY This essay aims to use the principles of epidemiology to describe the problem of adolescent pregnancy and demonstrate its significance and impact as a public health problem. In the same wise applying epidemiological principles the determinants of teenage pregnancy are identified and an attempt is made to conceptualise the interplay between the socioeconomic environments and the biological factors in giving rise to the problem and influencing the life course
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Sexuality: TEEN PREGNANCY Social Problem * Teenage Pregnancy has become an increasing social problem in the U.S. today. * Guttmacher.org (research institute for sexual health) states that an average of 750‚000 women between ages 15-19 get pregnant every year. * Nearly 1/3 of all teen pregnancies end in abortion * 10% of all U.S. births are to teens * 2/3 of all teen pregnancies occur among 18-19 year olds Consequences of teen pregnancy * Many teen mothers stop after
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reducing teen pregnancy rates‚ and one reason for this is that teenage pregnancy rates in the US have generally declined since the 1950’s. But that isn’t good enough‚ because despite the decline‚ the US still has one of the highest teen birth rates in the industrialized world. Teen pregnancy should be highly discouraged as it has an effect on the teenage mother and the baby that is born. The teen mother may face complications such as premature labor‚ medical complication during the pregnancy period‚ at
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Running-head: Teen Pregnancy Teen Pregnancy and Academic Success Abstract The prevention of academic failure and subsequent teen pregnancies is an important goal of our society. Parenthood is the leading cause of school dropout among teen girls. Competing demands of school and home can thrust adolescent mothers into stressful situations. These students may conclude that academic achievement is impossible. It is also the case that school achievement‚ attendance‚ and involvement helps reduce
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Effects of Early pregnancy among teenage mothers to their Personality development in Barangay Julo‚ San Antonio‚ Nueva Ecija Introduction and Background Nowadays‚ one of the major problems in our country is the rapid increase of population. Teenage pregnancy is a big part of this problem. From 2000 to 2010‚ the number of live births by teenage mothers in the Philippines rose by 60 percent. A total of 207‚898 mothers aged below 20 years old gave birth in 2010. In 2000‚ however‚ this number was
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The numbers of teenage pregnancy are very high but when you think about the numbers most could have been prevented with the use of protection. Some people may not afford condoms but if you cannot afford a condom you cannot afford a baby. Children from homes ran by teenage mothers go through a hard time in life. Teenage mothers have no time for other things‚ because they are busy taking care of their baby. Most teen mothers end up dropping out of high school‚ because they do not have time for school
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2012 English II Teen Pregnancy There is nothing wrong with being pregnant as an adolescent. This is what many people believe. I beg to differ. Being pregnant at a young age has become a “trend” in this generation. Statistics show that in the U.S. about 820‚000 become pregnant each year. That means 34% of teenagers a year get pregnant before the age of 20. Studies also show that close to 25% of these teens have a second child within 2 years. All teen pregnancies are a choice. This is yet
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Descriptive essay #1 There are few relationships in my life that could compare to the complexity of the relationship that I share with my father. I grew up hearing stories of his childhood when he grew up in a military family with eleven brothers and sisters‚ moving from state to state in the deep humid south. I grew up idolizing him because of the crazy wacky adventures that he and his older brother (his best friend) would always be involved in. I always pictured myself in his brother’s shoes
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Early Pregnancy and its Relation to Severe Commitments I. Introduction Here in the Philippines‚ we believe in the saying of our national hero Dr. Jose P. Rizal that “Youth is the hope of our Mother land”. In their hand lies the future generation to follow. But as we see from the situation nowadays‚ what we’re expecting from the youth is the contrary if the saying. Teenagers are prone to pregnancy. Almost every year there is a rapid increase on the number of pregnant youths. One of the major
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Teenage pregnancy is pregnancy in a female under the age of 20 (when the pregnancy ends). A pregnancy can take place as early as two weeks before menarche (the first menstrual period)‚ which signals the possibility of fertility‚ but usually occurs after menarche. In healthy‚ well-nourished girls‚ menarche normally takes place around the ages 12 or 13. Whether the onset of biological fertility will result in a teenage pregnancy depends on a number of personal and societal factors. Teenage pregnancy rates
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