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    Teenage Pregnancy Teenage pregnancy in the media influences young girls that it is okay to have children at a young age. The media glamorizes teen pregnancy and makes ordinary pregnant girls famous for the problem they have created. The different programs on television may show you that the teens struggle‚ but it also shows you how the girls get attention from everyone. They are being glamorized for something that isn’t good. Also‚ some young girls don’t always get the attention they want‚ so they

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    Conclusion Teen pregnancy is a pregnancy in female human-beings who are below the age of twenty years and being a teen parent it isn’t as great as it sounds. Teen pregnancy should be highly discouraged has it has effect on the teenage mother and the baby born. The teen mother may face complications such as premature labor‚ medical complication during the pregnancy period‚ at child birth or after child birth and are likely to drop out of school.   One cause for an early pregnancy for a teenager is

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    LEGAZPI CITY‚ Albay - Teenage pregnancies in the Philippines surged by 70 percent over one decade‚ a ranking official of the United Nation Population Fund Agency (UNFPA) said on Monday. Ugochi Daniels‚ UNFPA country representative‚ said the rising number of teenage pregnancies in the country is an area of concern that the agency is giving serious attention to‚ exposing as it does adolescent girls (10 to 19 years old) to high risk. Daniels said a strong advocacy campaign is needed to educate

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    Teenage pregnancies have suddenly become an epidemic in our generation. This resulted to teenage mothers dropping out of school and ending up on welfare‚ barely able to support their child. In worst cases‚ teenagers who give birth die through the ordeal‚ as their bodies are not prepared to handle childbirth. So why do teenage girls get pregnant? There are a number of causes to why this is so. Firstly‚ teenagers themselves are responsible for the increase of teen pregnancies. The lack of knowledge

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    teenage pregnancy speech The following is an informative speech I was required to prepare for my Public Speaking class. Granted I did create it in one night‚ so it might not be as good as it could be‚ but feel free to tear it apart and give feedback. As a disclaimer I would like you to know that this is not an essay about the way I feel about teen pregnancy. It is purely an informative speech. Did you ever have a doll when you were younger‚ that you would play with and pretend was your own

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    Adolescent pregnancy is viewed as a high-risk situation due to the serious health risks that this creates for the mother‚ the baby‚ and society at large. Describe various risk factors or precursors to adolescent pregnancy. All races of females in low socioeconomic status In 2009‚ 57% of teen pregnancies were to Non-Hispanic blacks and Hispanics/Latinos Those in foster care Those in the juvenile detention system The risk factors are determined based on the teen’s upbringing‚ knowledge‚ and attitude

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    Condoms should be distributed in schools because of the growing number of teenage pregnancy‚ to minimize the spread of sexually transmitted diseases among adolescent and it is a good investment for the government to help control students irresponsible sexual behavior. Everyday thousands of sexually active teenagers are putting themselves at risk of getting pregnant‚ and as such there is an alarming rate of teenage pregnancies in schools which can have a negative impact on most teenagers’ life. According

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    References: About Teen Pregnancy ( n.a‚ 2014) Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/teenpregnancy /aboutteenpreg.htm Teen Pregnancy (n.a‚ 2014) Retrieved from The National Campaign To Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy http://www.stayteen.org/teen-pregnancy The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy‚ Teen Pregnancy: So What (n.a‚ 2009) Retrieved from http://www.teenpregnancystatistics.org/content/teen-pregnancy-facts.html

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    Social Construction of Teenage Pregnancy in the United States: Race‚ Class and Gender In the United States‚ an estimated forty five percent of all female teenagers have premarital sex. As a result‚ about forty percent of all female adolescents become pregnant at least once before age twenty; and about four-fifths of these pregnancies are unintended. Twenty percent of these female adolescents bear a child‚ and about half of them are unmarried (Lawson and Rhode‚ 2). In a society that associates

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    UbD Design Guide Worksheets - MOD M Figure M. 04 Performance Task Scenario T (G.R.A.S.P.S. - Nutrition example) Goal: •  The goal (within the scenario) is to create an illustrated brochure to teach the 2nd graders about the importance of good nutrition for healthful living Role: • You are a teacher of nutrition Audience: • The target audience is a 2nd grade class Situation: •  You need to. show the difference between a balanced diet and an unhealthy diet. Product/Performance and

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