English 1102 30 June 2013 Teen Pregnancy: Educating the Future Parents of Our Society In 2012 in the United States‚ the rate of teen pregnancy is at its lowest level in nearly forty years. However‚ teen pregnancy still remains the highest among the developed countries in the world (Weiss 1). Most teenage girls are getting pregnant at a rapid rate. Pregnancies can occur because of the misusage of condoms‚ unawareness of birth control‚ or intentionally. Some pregnancies are unintentional and unplanned
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According to the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy there has been a decline in teen pregnancy since the 1990’s. Despite the decline in teen pregnancy the rates in the U.S. are still too high. Thirty percent of the teenage girls get pregnant at least once before they reach age 20 (National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy‚ 2006). Instead of becoming comfortable with knowing the teen pregnancy rate is declining‚ prevention programs need to continue as well as change with the
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Preventing Teen Pregnancies Teen pregnancies has always been an issue in the United States and factors related to teen pregnancy include the lack of sex education being taught in public schools should include the consequences of having sex . Sex education should be taught in schools because teen pregnancies have become too common among teenage girls‚and teens aren’t developmentally ready to become parents. Today the United States has the highest rate of teen pregnancy in the developed world with
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Childhood Obesity Evaluating the Research Process HCS/465-Health Care Research Utilization September 17‚ 2012 Kerrie Kelly Ji Li‚ PhD and Neal Hooker‚ PhD conducted a study on the links of childhood obesity and children who are enrolled in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP)‚ School Breakfast Program (SBP)‚ clubs such as sports and others‚ and different living and household factors. This study utilized the conceptual framework of the literature review from the National Survey of Children’s
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Consequences of teen pregnancy to mother‚ infant‚ and community 1 Consequences of teen pregnancy to the mother‚ infant‚ and to the community Terra Allen HCA 402 Professor Patricia Pierce Consequences of teen pregnancy to the mother‚ infant‚ and community 2 Teen pregnancy has negative effects on teens‚ and the infant including low birth rate‚ poor nutrition‚ and infant mortality. Valanis stated
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to find out just how much teenagers really know about teen pregnancy and awareness. The questions we asked we really geared towards gauging their knowledge on the topic to see how much education they had received in the past. Another purpose‚ I feel‚ was to find out what changes could be made in sex education to make teenagers more aware about the consequences of certain sexual activity. One of the most important factors in our survey process was obviously our target audience. In order to obtain
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Teen Pregnancy vs. Adult Pregnancy Adolescent years are the most important years of your life. To have a baby during adolescence is a very difficult thing. Pregnancy can change a life. Waiting to get pregnant until adulthood is a good idea. Once you get pregnant at a young age‚ you are faced with many difficult situations. A pregnant teen may encounter many problems‚ such as loss of freedom‚ financial problems‚ schooling and career issues. Practicing abstinence‚ having safe sex and putting
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DISCUSSIONS Definition and explanation of teenage Pregnancy Teenage pregnancy is simply defined teenage girl who became pregnant at an early age. The term connotes that the girl has not reach the legal adulthood before conceiving. Like United States‚ our country‚ Philippines also facing this kind of problem. Our government discusses how to prevent and low down the rate of pregnancy especially in the teenagers. Most cases of teenage pregnancies are observed in the lower economic strata of society
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Glamorizes Teen Pregnancy Media‚ specifically television has taken the issue of teen pregnancy to a whole other level. The shows 16 and Pregnant‚ Teen Mom‚ and The Secret Life of the American Teenager document the lives of young teenage girls facing the issue of being a pregnant teenager. Originally created to show the controversial subject of teen pregnancy‚ all of these shows soon began to change. As the seasons continued in all three of these shows‚ the controversial subject of teen pregnancy soon
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An Annotated Bibliography: Teen Pregnancy Marcia Dixon April 8‚ 2013 HCS 465 Kerrie Kelly In years past teen pregnancy created problems in several countries. However in the United States among teenagers‚ teen pregnancy rose‚ but there was no help from programs like the National Geographic’s channel‚ and Teen Mom that aired on MTV. Individuals saw a version of what might have been with cameras rolling‚ however if the cameras are not rolling then life takes on a different meaning. When someone
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