Amber Watkins-Beck March 7‚ 2013 Informative Speech 2:00 T-TH How to Prevent Teen Pregnancy Teenage pregnancy carries high cost in terms of both the social and economic health of mothers and their children. Teenage mothers are less likely to receive prenatal care‚ and their children are more likely to be born before term‚ to have low birth weights‚ and to have developmental problems. Teenage mothers are also less likely to complete their education than moms over twenty years of age. Teenage
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Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Mr. Xxxxxxx English 1301 October 3‚ 2013 Teen Pregnancy Seventeen-year-old Amber is from Santa Ana‚ California. The life-changing situation she describes is her unplanned pregnancy. On November 2011‚ she gave birth to a baby boy. As a result‚ she dropped out of high school and got a job to take care after her infant son. She now faces many challenges. Teen pregnancy rate is high. “United States rates are twice as high as in England and Wales or Canada‚ and eight times as high
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The teenage years include times of rapid growth and development‚ both physically and mentally. Good nutrition during these times helps ensure teens have the building blocks to support their needs. It also involves avoiding excessive food intake that can lead to immediate and future health problems. A dietitian or health care provider can give teens nutritional advice specific to their particular situation. 35% percent of Canadian boys and 29% of Canadian girls weigh more than they should. And 17
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Issues Affecting Teens Good Morning/afternoon Miss Blanch and class‚ I’m going to be talking about teen violence and factors that can trigger it. I select this issue as I think it’s an issue worth talking about because teen violence is the worst especially when it causes injury or even death. This issues is not expressed in The Formal but it is still a very important to talk about‚ many Australian teens have experienced violence either with friends or at parties where alcohol and/or drugs is consumed
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change. Only 16% of teens have had sex by age 15‚ compared with one-third of those aged 16‚ nearly half (48%) of those aged 17‚ 61% of 18-year-olds and 71% of 19-year-olds.[1] There is little difference by gender in the timing of first sex. •On average‚ young people have sex for the first time at about age 17‚ [2] but they do not marry until their mid-20s.[3] This means that young adults may be at increased risk for unintended pregnancy and STIs for nearly a decade or longer. •Teens are waiting longer
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SEXUAL TEENS‚ SEXUAL MEDIA Investigating Media’s Influence on Adolescent Sexuality LEA’s COMMUNICATION SERIES Jennings Bryant / Dolf Zillmann‚ General Editors Selected titles in Communication Theory and Methodology Subseries (Jennings Bryant‚ series advisor) include: Berger • Planning Strategic Interaction: Attaining Goals Through Communicative Action Dennis/Wartella • American Communication Research: The Remembered History Ellis • Crafting Society: Ethnicity‚ Class and Communication Theory
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Teen pregnancy: Medical risks and realities Pregnant teens and their unborn babies have unique medical risks. Lack of prenatal care Teenage girls who are pregnant -- especially if they don’t have support from their parents -- are at risk of not getting adequate prenatal care. Prenatal care is critical‚ especially in the first months of pregnancy. Prenatal care screens for medical problems in both mother and baby‚ monitors the baby’s growth‚ and deals quickly with any complications that arise.
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Alcohol and Teens From pastures to unsupervised blowouts at home‚ the social calendars of most teens are full of alcohol. Other drugs rise and fall in popularity from generation to generation‚ but alcohol never really goes out of style. From being worshiped by the ancient Babylonians to being forbidden to teenagers‚ alcohol has caused many problems. Today‚ drinking is the drug of choice by teens and causes most wrecks and deaths today. To understand alcohol people must first know the history
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Unmarried Teen Pregnancy Has on Society Abstract When a teenager becomes pregnant it can have many consequences to the girl‚ the family of the girl‚ and also to the child that is born to this type of society. Becoming a mother at such a young age and not being married is not well seen and has a negative financial effect to the society. There are several options available today in order to inform teenagers on how to prevent teen pregnancy
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Teens and Smoking Abstract Cigarette smoking is of interest to the National Institute on Drug Abuse both because of the public health problems associated with this form of substance abuse and because this behavior represents a prototypic dependence process. In the past few years the government has made every effort to reach the masses‚ in an attempt to curb the exploitation of tobbacco use‚ and its acceptance among Americas Youngsters. However‚ cigarette smoking among adolescents is on the rise
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