Two minutes is a long time to wait‚ for a teenage girl. Waiting for a pregnancy is a growing epidemic in the United States. Teen girls are becoming pregnant at a huge rate with a lot of the pregnancies being planned. Enough is not being done to educate or prepare these teen about how their lives will change in the event of pregnancy. There are at least 5 television shows featuring teen pregnancies‚ or teen moms including ‘’16 and Pregnant’’ and ‘’Teen Mom’’‚ it’s basically giving teenagers the idea
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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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and away we go the TeenTown! Teenage life is a chapter of our life where we teens should be meticulous in everything we do. In here‚ our body grows older‚ and we can’t imagine the things growing in our skins as we go through this stage in life. Have you imagined it? That as we go through this stage‚ everything changes…physically‚ mentally‚ socially‚ and most of all‚ emotionally. As we go through life‚ we meet changes. Changes that will make our character stand above all. What you do now will
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TEENAGE PREGNANCY Teenage pregnancy is defined as a pregnancy in girls within the age from 13 to 19‚ who have not graduated from their studies have few or no qualification for jobs and are financially rely on her parents. As mentioned by Michael (2010)‚ the department has already seen 131 of such cases in 2009 and this number is a dramatic increase from the 107 cases in 2008 (“Teen pregnancies on the risk with 111 reported this year”‚ 2010). In this essay‚ two causes and one effect of teenage
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Running-head: Teen Pregnancy Teen Pregnancy and Academic Success Abstract The prevention of academic failure and subsequent teen pregnancies is an important goal of our society. Parenthood is the leading cause of school dropout among teen girls. Competing demands of school and home can thrust adolescent mothers into stressful situations. These students may conclude that academic achievement is impossible. It is also the case that school achievement‚ attendance‚ and involvement helps reduce
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Teen Pregnancy Among the industrialized nations‚ the United States has by far the highest rate of teen pregnancy. (Finer) Teen pregnancy has been a growing issue for years‚ but recently has become a more popular trend. The issue effects not only the pregnant teen‚ but both teens parents‚ our government/society‚ and most importantly the child itself. There are many negative effects regarding this issue‚ but people nowadays seem to brush it off because of how society views teen pregnancy as a whole
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Adolescence is both a time of tremendous gains and some inherent losses. You can help your teenage patients through this turbulent time by asking a few specific questions‚ checking their psychosocial functioning‚ and distinguishing the somewhat common depressive symptoms from a true depressive disorder. Approximately 10% of patients will need further evaluation sometime during their adolescence‚ and a few will require urgent referral to protect their safety if you uncover any suicidal ideation or
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English 106 April 5‚ 2014 Paper #2 English Teenage Pregnancy “Teenage pregnancy is defined as a teenage girl‚ usually within the ages of 13-19‚ becoming pregnant” (Fact Sheet). The term in everyday speech usually refers to girls who have not reached legal adulthood‚ which varies across the world‚ who become pregnant. Teen pregnancy is less often planned and hence less regulated by contraception. Even though teen pregnancy rates have declined over the past few decades‚ the fact of the matter
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Section 1: What I know‚ Assume‚ or Imagine I became interested in Teen Pregnancy because there are a lot of things I really want to know and throughout the years‚ our population of teens getting pregnant has increased. What I know about my topic is that teens now a days are getting into serious types of relationships such as being sexually active with their partner. Many guys also force some girls to have sex with them or try to manipulate with their form of sweet talking. That’s how it all starts
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ADOLESCENT PREGNANCIES AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS. A STUDY FROM TANGA-TANZANIA. By: Nyakubega Peter (MD 5‚ MUHAS-2008/2009) ABSTRACT Objective To assess the factors associated with adolescent pregnancies among secondary students at Tanga municipality. Methodology A cross sectional descriptive analytical study which targeted all girls in secondary schools at Tanga municipality‚ Results Low socioeconomic status was found to be an important cause for adolescent pregnancies as 57.1% of
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