How is the literature review used in this research?
The literature in this paper or review in this research is to inform readers about the problem that US would have with teen pregnancy and what the results and solutions that care in place. It is a well inform review about the ages of the teens the different reasons for the issue and what is needed to be done about it. There are also data from hospitals and other sources on this topic that pin points the problem at hand. It gives the percentage of teens that are pregnant each year and their partners who are facing unwanted pregnancy. It also uses surveys from the National youth risk behavior. It goes on to tell the reader that the different methods of birth …show more content…
There is also a lot of information that is collected from the different hospitals that the teens go to for medical treatment and to give birth at. Some other place the data would be collected from is health care clinics, plan parenthood and other birth preventions places that are for low income families can go to. it shows the different races that are affected by the lack of education about sex and the need for teens to talk to their parents and be educated about this growing problem. There is charts and graphs that shows the growth of each year of teen pregnancy and how this is affecting the cost of health care and the needs of the …show more content…
But as there years go on there is more and more teens using some type of birth control or more than one type at the same time. Some also explains that there is the use of drug and alcohol when the teen was to convene a child. It also states that there is not to many teens that will talk to their parents about sex and/or birth control. “Among sexually active females, during 2006–2008, 55% (95% confidence interval [CI] = 48%–63%) either had received a method of birth control or a prescription from a health-care provider in the preceding 12 months”( MMWR / April 8, 2011)
Are the findings statistically significant?
I would have to say that this information is significant for the study at hand and the data that was collected have come from a reliable source. It points out the major problems that the US is facing on an everyday