INSTRUMENT USED TO COLLECT DATA SURVEY ON THE CAUSES OF TEENAGE PREGNANCY IN THE GREAT DIAMOND COMMUNITY Dear respondent‚ This is a survey being taken to figure out the causes of teenage pregnancy in the Great Diamond community. This inquiry is for the purpose of a Social Studies SBA (School Based Assessment) that I am currently engaging in at school. The questionnaire does not require for you to write your name anywhere. Please answer all questions truthfully and remember‚ your answers will
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2005). The United States has the highest teenage pregnancy rate in the Western industrialized world‚ even though the teenage birthrate is declining (Kauchak & Eggen‚ 2005). According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (2012)‚ the teen pregnancy rate is 34.3 pregnancies per 1000 young women ages 15-19‚ which is a record low for this age group. The state of Iowa has numerous programs to help educate teens in the prevention of pregnancy and programs to help pregnant teens and young
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REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE Introduction Teen pregnancy is a major health concern in the American school system. According to the National Center for Health Statistics‚ the birth rate among female adolescents increased 3 percent in the year 2006‚ after decades of decline (Hamilton‚ Martin‚ & Ventura‚ 2007). The incidence of adolescent pregnancy in United States is higher than the majority of other industrialized Western nations‚ with 39.1 births per 1000 teens in 2009 (Pazol‚ Warner
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Armani White Dr. Smalls-Muir English 101 11 November 2014 Teen Pregnancy Teen pregnancy is a severe issue in our lives today where people become pregnant because they are insecure or not informed. Nearly four out of ten girls become pregnant at least once before the age of 20 ‚but why does this happen? Most teens get pregnant because they want to know how it feels to raise a child or because they see others with children and they find them cute and want them to themselves. Others
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research article ‘’Peer and Neighbourhood influences on teenage pregnancy and fertility in English community’’‚ Arai (2005). Included in this essay will be title‚ abstract‚ research question‚ literature review‚ method‚ methodology‚ sampling‚ data analysis‚ discussion‚ ethics‚ implications for practice and conclusion. The researcher has reported findings from a qualitative study carried out on peer and neighbourhood influences on teenage pregnancy and fertility. Using face-to-face and semi structured
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Centre # : Exam # : Teacher : Mr. Lethman Proficiency : General Location : Jamaica Topic: Teenage Pregnancy – its level and causes in my district. TABLE OF CONTENT PAGE Acknowledgements (1)
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glorified‚ reasons for such an increase in teenage pregnancies‚ and how effective distributing contraceptives would be. INTRODUCTION I. Attention getter: (show slide of pregnant girls) How many of you have ever seen television shows like “16 and Pregnant”‚ “Teen Mom”‚ or “The Secret Life of an American Teenager”? II. Credibility statement: I am not a teen parent‚ but I have several friends who are and went to school with several teenage parents. Once I chose this topic‚ I did a lot
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reform policies affect single African-American adolescent mothers. Despite the multimillion-dollar campaign to educate adolescents on the risks of pre-marital sexual relationships the earlier portion of this decade has seen a dramatic increase in teen pregnancies‚ there for causing a missive economic backlash that can be felt in everyone’s back pocket. Only now in the past few years has the number of teen pregnancies gone down‚ in fact in 1997 the number of teen-pregnancies reached an all time low‚
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Journal January 2014 edition vol.10‚ No.2 ISSN: 1857 – 7881 (Print) e - ISSN 1857- 7431 LIVED EXPERIENCES OF EARLY PREGNANCY AMONG TEENAGERS: A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY Angeline M. Pogoy Ed. D. Rustica Verzosa Ed. D. Nerlie S. Coming Ronalissa G. Agustino Cebu Normal University‚ Cebu City‚ Philippines Abstract This case study attempts to determine the lived experiences of early pregnancy among high and low performing students in terms of the causes‚ effects‚ challenges and their coping mechanisms. The
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(2009) is a documentary film directed by James Houston that describes how American attitudes toward teenage sexuality affect teenagers in today’s society. Sex has become a media means and marketing tool to influence people’s buying decisions. The misleading messages about sex in today’s media have confused teenagers with incorrect information and thus led to a sky-high numbers of teenage unintended pregnancy and transmission of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)‚ costing the nation more than 9 billion
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