Health Concerns of Pre-School Aged Children of Low Socioeconomic Status: Poor Nutrition Children who live in poverty face many mental and physical health problems: “higher mortality rate due to infections‚ dental caries‚ chronic ear infections‚ mental retardation‚ learning disabilities‚ and poor school performance” (Shah‚ Kahan‚ & Krauser‚ 1987‚ p.485). One of the reasons for these problems appears to be the basic necessities of a human being which is adequate nutritious food. In a 2001 article
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"Teenage pregnancy" For me Teenage pregnancy is defined as a teenage or underage girl‚ usually within the ages of 13-17‚ becoming pregnant. The term in everyday speech usually refers to women who have not reached legal adulthood‚ which varies across the world‚ who become pregnant. When I heard about it the question that goes in my mind is that‚ “what is the cause of it?”. I’d asked my friends about it‚ base on my them and I agree on it‚ the first
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fact that a young mother has less education and real-world experience than an older woman‚ means that pregnant teens don’t always make the best decisions for themselves and their unborn children. Furthermore‚ pregnancy at any age is a life-altering event. But during the teen years‚ pregnancy means that many typical experiences and opportunities are missed--high school graduation‚ college‚ general freedom of choice. Young mothers must grow up quickly‚ taking on responsibilities that they may not be
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pulled statistics revealing that every year in our small population of 1.3 million‚ over 2‚500 teenage girls become pregnant; the majority of these unfortunate girls drop out of school; by age 19‚ over 1‚000 girls in this country already have four children; and 50 per cent of mothers in Trinidad and Tobago are single parents (Maraj 2014). Furthermore‚ the solutions to decrease the high levels of pregnancy among teenagers still remain a challenge for Trinidad and Tobago. As a result‚ it has been destroying
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Chapter 1 THE PROBLEM Background of the Study A socioeconomic status is based on family income‚ parental education level‚ parental occupation‚ and pointed by Demarest‚ Reisner‚ Anderson‚ Humphrey‚ Farquhar‚ and Stein (1993) social status in the community (such as contacts within the community‚ group associations‚ and the community ’s perception of the family)‚ as). Families with high socioeconomic status often have more success in preparing their young children for school because
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Discuss How Socioeconomic Status Impacts on Health Outcomes in Contemporary Australia: In contemporary Australia there are many social classes which group people in regards to their financial‚ legal and family situations. The effect that socioeconomic status has on the health outcomes of an Australian person today’s society is a great one. Persons belonging to low or the lowest socioeconomic status groups have more disadvantaged health outcomes compared to persons belonging to high socioeconomic status
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be true. However‚ I have experienced the meaning of a low socioeconomic status. This status has affected numerous effects on my life‚ but as a whole‚ my current community‚ family‚ and health situations have made the greatest impact on my education. My most prominent limit is my family’s financial situation. The issues began after my parents separation left our finances in ruins. For as long as I can remember‚ my parents low economic status made money an uneasy topic. As an example‚ I had a long-lasting
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disproportionately on the poor. There is a powerful inverse relation between obesity and socioeconomic status in the developed world‚ especially among African-Americans. So‚ what is responsible for this association? There are at least two possibilities: obesity influences socioeconomic status or socioeconomic status influences obesity. But there is strong evidence supporting the latter as highlighted by the causal pathway between being poor and being at higher risk for obesity. Recent studies reinforce
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Differences of Socioeconomic status Senna Albunni AED 204 10-16‚ 2013 Sondra Jones Differences of Socioeconomic status Socioeconomic class is dependent on a variety of social and financial factors. I will only discuss three factors from our reading assignment that relate to socioeconomic class. Probably the most important factor is yearly family salary. The yearly salary varies greatly from one family to the next at our local school. The difference in salaries between families causes issues
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Persuasive Essay Teen pregnancy is something that has been around for ages‚ and isn’t all that uncommon. As of 2006‚ out of a million teens between the ages 15-19 three quarters of them end up pregnant every year. Out of all those teens‚ only a very few planned on becoming teen mothers. Through my interviews I have learned just how difficult and life changing becoming pregnant and having a baby as a teen can be. The best thing for teens to do is wait to have a baby‚ because having a baby this young
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