DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES Save $$$s onottled water!!!- Unplanned Teenage Pregnancy and the Support Needs of Young Mothers Part B: Review of literature Prepared by Krystyna Slowinski Research‚ Analysis and Information Team November 2001 Contents Executive Summary ………………………………………………………….. 1 1.. Introduction …………………………………………………………….… 5 1.1 Background ………………………………………………………………. 5 1.2 Methodology …………………………………………..…..……..….…. 6 1.3 Language and Terminology ……………………..…..…….…….. 6 2. Adolescent
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Approximately every two minutes‚ a teenage girl in the United States gives birth (Guernsey 6). While this fact may be sad and startling to most people‚ it is in deed the truth. Over the past few decades‚ the problem of teen pregnancy has grown considerably in this country. It has been receiving a great deal of public and official attention recently‚ including expressions of concern from President Clinton and New Jersey’s Governor Whitman (Schurmann 7). However‚ the most extensive dilemma regarding
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Introduction Teenage pregnancies have become a topic of discussion within most households of today’s society. Recent television shows such as Teen Mom and The Secret Life of an American Teenager has introduced a topic in a major way. Within the past twenty years‚ the amount of teenage pregnancy has increased by 10 percent (Brown). According to the Medical dictionary teen pregnancy is defined as “Pregnancy by a female‚ age 13 to 19‚ which is understood to occur in a girl who hasn’t completed her
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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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Yah-yah was raped by her mother’s “friend”. As a result‚ she has an unwanted pregnancy. She is angry with her mother because she didn’t do anything to protect her. People in society are misjudging her. Yah-yah is frustrated and on the verge of suicide. Teenage pregnancy has been a phenomenon since biblical ages. Dr. Michelle Golland stated‚ The United States has the highest teen pregnancy rate in the industrialized world. There are 750‚000 teen pregnancies annually. The Caribbean has not escaped this plague
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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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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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Shyla Henry September 11‚ 2012 Becoming a Teenage Mother I never thought having unprotected sex would lead to a teen pregnancy. However‚ I was wrong. Being young‚ immature‚ and thinking I was invincible led me to becoming a teenage mother. The disbelief came first‚ followed quickly by panic‚ before the realization and acceptance arrived. I had sex and I had to be mature and deal with the consequences and grow up faster than most teenagers. The days of my carefree teen life are now behind me as
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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
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INTRODUCTION The topic of the present paper is “Teenage problems in the USA”. Youth is a time of uncertainty and change. Physical‚ emotional and social changes take place during this time and make adolescence difficult. Hence‚ at this period teens in every country and especially in America face many problems including depression‚ sexual pressures‚ bullying‚ financial worries‚ the balance of media and technology as well as drugs and alcohol. Therefore‚ we will browse the internet to find relevant
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