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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Unpredicted sex can lead to unplanned pregnancies in high school resulting in school dropouts‚ financial problems‚ social rejection and even abortion. Thousands of teenage girls each year have to drop out of high school because they are pregnant. Having to juggle school‚ taking care of the baby‚ and possibly a job as well‚ many teens decide to drop out of high school to take full responsibility and care for the baby. They must abandon their education for taking responsibility of something that could
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many risks of unwanted pregnancy among young female university students‚ as the majority of today’s university students have prematurely engaged in sexual intercourse. Consequently‚ without preparation‚ some of them face with unwanted pregnancy while studying. Unwanted pregnancy among university students can cause many serious problems which can affect the body‚ mind‚ and social status of female university students who are not yet ready to be a mother. Unwanted pregnancy sometimes forces university
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April 29‚ 2011 Preventing Unplanned Teen Pregnancies is Possible and Valuable One of the largest drains on our society is the cost associated with unplanned pregnancies‚ especially those in teenagers. With the proper implementation of preventative programs‚ these costs could be lower or alleviated all together. While the United States teen pregnancy rate fell in 2009‚ it was calculated in a 2006 report by Saul Hoffman‚ that teen childbearing cost taxpayers at least $9.1 billion (The National
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Pregnancy is the fertilization and development of one or more offspring‚ known as an embryo or fetus‚ in a woman’s uterus. It is the common name for gestation in humans. A multiple pregnancy involves more than one embryo or fetus in a single pregnancy‚ such as with twins. Childbirth usually occurs about 38 weeks after conception; in women who have a menstrual cycle length of four weeks‚ this is approximately 40 weeks from the start of the last normal menstrual period (LNMP). Human pregnancy is the
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1. Discomfort during Pregnancy Nausea ‚ Pyrosis and Vomiting Fatigue Breast Tenderness Palmar Erythema Constipation Muscle Cramps Hypotension Varicosities Hemorrhoids Heart Palpitations Frequent Urination Abdominal Discomfort Leukorrhea Backache Headache Dyspnea Ankle Edema Braxton Hicks Contractions 2. Definition: a. Amenorrhea - It is the absence of menstrual flow. b. Quickening - Is the first moment a woman feels fatal movement. - It is the first movement of the fetus
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CHAPTER 17 PREGNANCY AND BREASTFEEDING – CASE STUDY Lisa and her husband have decided that they are ready to prepare for their first child. Lisa is 26 years old‚ weighs 125 pounds and is 5’6”. Lisa has been reading everything she can find on pregnancy because she knows that her prepregnancy health is important to the success of her pregnancy. She knows she should avoid alcohol‚ especially because alcohol is potentially toxic to the growing fetus in the first weeks of pregnancy‚ and she could
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TEENAGE PREGNANCY IN THE PHILIPPINES Introduction: “Teenage pregnancy” is pregnancy in human females under the age of 20 at the time that the pregnancy ends. A pregnancy can take place in apubertal female before menarche (the first menstrual period)‚ which signals the possibility of fertility‚ but usually occurs after menarche. In well-nourished girls‚ menarche usually takes place around the age of 12 or 13. Teenage Pregnancy is now one of the serious problems in our society. It is one
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Teen pregnancy is one of the most difficult experiences a young person might ever face when it interrupts school or other plans. It can create an emotional crisis resulting in feelings of shame and fear‚ and it may appear that you will crumble under pressures in your environment. The stress of how you are going to break this news to your parents might be even greater‚ and finding help may seem an impossible task. You might think no one can help you‚ or you might be too embarrassed to search for
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1. Pregnancy = GESTATION 2. Adnexa uteri = OVARIES & FALLOPIAN TUBE 3. Incision of the perineum during childbirth = EPISIOTOMY 4. Removal of fallopian tubes and ovaries = BILATERAL SALPINGO-OOPHORECTOMY 5. Premature separation of placenta = ABRUPTIO PLACENTAE 6. A women who had 3 miscarriages and 2 still births = GRAV 5. PARA 2 7. Endometrial carcinoma may be defected by= CRYOCAUTERIZATION 8. Removal of internal and reproductive organs in the region of the hip = EXENTERATION 9. Physician’s
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