KaTeria Rhodes PUBH 3330 Systematic Review Update #2 In the 1990s‚ teenage pregnancy was identified as a major public health issue right along with cancer and cardiovascular disease prompting public health interventions to be created. When researching teenage pregnancy in the African-American community I wanted to know were there specific things that caused African-Americans to have such a high number of teenage pregnancies compared to other races. Things like education and socio-economic status
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Not every teen pregnancy is unpleasant and regretful. According to a story by a teen mother name Mag‚ in "Who Would Have Believed" says that her life style change dramatically after she discovered that she was pregnant. Before that‚ she was a "rebel"‚ going out drinking‚ making her parents mad‚ and just like many other teens‚ she was hard to control at the age of fourteen. While dating‚ Mag became pregnant at the age of fifteen. Discovered the shocking new‚ Mag stopped drinking‚ became very responsible
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WHAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RISE IN TEENAGE PREGNANCY? "I’m pregnant!" These were the words echoing in fifteen year old Tina’s head. How was she going to relate this to her ’barely-legal’ boyfriend? Likewise‚ how would she convey this to her mother? Teenage pregnancy continues to rise rampantly in most parts of the world. The factors contributing to teenage pregnancy are lack of knowledge‚ increase in sexual activity at an early age‚ sexual abuse‚ lack of supervision and peer pressure. The
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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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statement of the problem. INTRODUCTION Teenage pregnancy refers to pregnancy in a female under the age of 20. Lack of awareness about the causes and effects of teenage pregnancy is more often than not‚ a result of lack of proper communication between teenagers and their parents. Government statistics on female adolescent pregnancies indicate that the total number of annual births changed little over the preceding 10 years‚ but the number of teenage pregnancies rose 70 percent‚ from 114‚205 in 1999
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Teenage Pregnancy In Philippines Teenage Pregnancy In Philippines Teen pregnancies in the Philippines By Rebecca B. Singson Philippine Daily Inquirer First Posted 00:55:00 06/14/2008 Filed Under: Health‚ Lifestyle & Leisure‚ Gender Issues (First in a series) MANILA‚ Philippines? The sexual revolution has ushered in a period in which the average adolescent experiences tremendous pressures to have sexual experiences of all kinds. Filipino teens get a higher exposure to sex from the
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CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE AND TEENAGE PREGNANCY A Literature Review INTRODUCTION Pregnancy rates among adolescent females have fallen steadily since 1990‚ from 116.9 pregnancies per 1‚000 women aged 15-19 in 1990 to 75.4 pregnancies per 1‚000 female teens the same age in 2002. Teens aged 15 to 17 experienced a decline in pregnancy rates of more than thirty percent‚ from 74.2 pregnancies per 1‚000 in 1990 to 42.3 pregnancies per 1‚000 in 2002. The rates for teens aged 18 to 19 also declined between
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Bicol University College of Nursing Legazpi City TEENAGE PREGNANCY TREND IN POBLACION BACON‚ SORSOGON CITY Submitted by: Sheena Angela B. Diolata BSN II-B Submitted to: Professor Emee I. Tomenio Biostatistics Professor The Problem Introduction "HUMAYO KAYO AT MAGPAKARAMI!!" GOD told to NOAH after the great flood. What does He really meant with that word? Does He mean to multiply in flesh or spread people’s faith? Teenagers in 21st century are very impulsive and
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Ashley McCollum 11/05/12 Term Paper There are many theories people create and analyze on how we as a society would become obsolete. If we lived in a perfect world‚ there would probably be one solution or sociological theory that could solve all our problems. With all of the sociological theories created over centuries‚ I believe that the three main theories‚ structural functionalism‚ the conflict theory‚ and symbolic interactionism‚ are all important attributes to what make us successful as individuals
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Conflict theories are perspectives in social science that emphasize the social‚ political or material inequality of a social group‚ that critique the broad socio-political system‚ or that otherwise detract from structural functionalism and ideological conservativism. Conflict theories draw attention to power differentials‚ such as class conflict‚ and generally contrast historically dominant ideologies. It is therefore a macro level analysis of society. Karl Marx is the father of the social conflict
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