Hispanic Sex Education
Policy Paper: Perception of Teachers and Parents towards Hispanic
Pregnancies & Birth Control Distribution
In Public Schools
Tangela Norman-Sheppard
SOWK 7360/ Policy and Practice in Human Services
Our Lady of the Lake University
Professor: Dr. Brian Christenson
I. Executive Summary
Teenage parenthood is by no means a new social phenomenon. Historically, women have tended to childbearing during their teens and early twenties. During the past two decades the United States teenage birthrate has actually declined (Polit,et al., 1982). Of the 29 million young people between the ages 12 and 18, approximately 12 million have had sexual intercourse (Guttmacher Institute, …show more content…
Research shows that babies born to teen mothers are more likely to be born underweight than babies born to mothers over age 20; 7 percent of pregnant teens receive no prenatal care. Teen pregnancy often creates a cycle of poverty, crime and further teen pregnancy. Research has shown that sons of teen mothers are 2.7 times more likely to go to prison than sons of women that had children after the age of 20, as well as children of teenage mothers are twice as likely to be abused and neglected as children born to women over the age of 20(Redelmeier, Rozin & Kahneman, …show more content…
are facing budgetary constraints as a result of the economic downturn and reductions in public and private funding, which could threaten the ability of many centers to continue operations, the Wall Street Journal reports. According to the Journal, recessionary pressures are taking a toll on many centers despite prospects for government funding for comprehensive sex education that could be "the best in years." President Obama has indicated that he will likely make a "sharp break" with the policies of former President George W. Bush, under whom $1.3 billion in federal funds were appropriated for abstinence-only education programs. A blueprint for Obama 's proposed fiscal year 2010 budget suggests that teen pregnancy prevention funding will target programs that "stress the importance of abstinence while providing medically accurate and age-appropriate information to youth who have already become sexually active." White House spokesperson Reid Cherlin declined to comment on the administration 's specific budget proposals but said that Obama "is committed to reducing the number of unintended pregnancies in this country, and we are reviewing this issue as part of the budget process." Meanwhile, Congress is expected to consider legislation (S. 611, H.R. 1551), introduced in March by Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) and Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), that would provide
Pregnancies & Birth Control Distribution
In Public Schools
Tangela Norman-Sheppard
SOWK 7360/ Policy and Practice in Human Services
Our Lady of the Lake University
Professor: Dr. Brian Christenson
I. Executive Summary
Teenage parenthood is by no means a new social phenomenon. Historically, women have tended to childbearing during their teens and early twenties. During the past two decades the United States teenage birthrate has actually declined (Polit,et al., 1982). Of the 29 million young people between the ages 12 and 18, approximately 12 million have had sexual intercourse (Guttmacher Institute, …show more content…
Research shows that babies born to teen mothers are more likely to be born underweight than babies born to mothers over age 20; 7 percent of pregnant teens receive no prenatal care. Teen pregnancy often creates a cycle of poverty, crime and further teen pregnancy. Research has shown that sons of teen mothers are 2.7 times more likely to go to prison than sons of women that had children after the age of 20, as well as children of teenage mothers are twice as likely to be abused and neglected as children born to women over the age of 20(Redelmeier, Rozin & Kahneman, …show more content…
are facing budgetary constraints as a result of the economic downturn and reductions in public and private funding, which could threaten the ability of many centers to continue operations, the Wall Street Journal reports. According to the Journal, recessionary pressures are taking a toll on many centers despite prospects for government funding for comprehensive sex education that could be "the best in years." President Obama has indicated that he will likely make a "sharp break" with the policies of former President George W. Bush, under whom $1.3 billion in federal funds were appropriated for abstinence-only education programs. A blueprint for Obama 's proposed fiscal year 2010 budget suggests that teen pregnancy prevention funding will target programs that "stress the importance of abstinence while providing medically accurate and age-appropriate information to youth who have already become sexually active." White House spokesperson Reid Cherlin declined to comment on the administration 's specific budget proposals but said that Obama "is committed to reducing the number of unintended pregnancies in this country, and we are reviewing this issue as part of the budget process." Meanwhile, Congress is expected to consider legislation (S. 611, H.R. 1551), introduced in March by Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) and Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), that would provide