Teenage pregnancy could be defined as a girl attaining motherhood before she reaches the legal age of adulthood. Rates of teenage pregnancy in Jamaica are among the highest in the Caribbean‚ with females between the ages of fifteen to nineteen years of age being responsible for one hundred and eight births per thousand women. Females between the ages of ten and nineteen account for twenty-five percent of births in Jamaica‚ and twenty-two percent of births between fifteen to nineteen year olds are
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pulled statistics revealing that every year in our small population of 1.3 million‚ over 2‚500 teenage girls become pregnant; the majority of these unfortunate girls drop out of school; by age 19‚ over 1‚000 girls in this country already have four children; and 50 per cent of mothers in Trinidad and Tobago are single parents (Maraj 2014). Furthermore‚ the solutions to decrease the high levels of pregnancy among teenagers still remain a challenge for Trinidad and Tobago. As a result‚ it has been destroying
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Teenage Pregnancy‚ Why is this Important Kimberly O. Johnson American Sentinel University Nursing 505: Theoretical Foundations Dr. Ami Bhatt December 30‚2012 Teenage Pregnancy: Why is this Important Teen pregnancy is a critical public health issue that affects the health and educational‚ social and economic future of the mother and child. Teen pregnancy is also a significant factor in numerous other important social issues: welfare dependency‚ out-of-wedlock births
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In the US‚ teen pregnancy rates have been decreasing in the last decade even though current rates remain twice as high as those found in other industrialized nations (Alan Guttmacher Institute‚ 1994). In spite of decreasing rates‚ among African American teenagers‚ the pregnancy rate is particularly high. In 1996‚ the pregnancy rate was 178.9 per thousand among African-American females aged 15 to 19 years‚ compared with a pregnancy rate of 82.6 among whites (Alan Guttmacher Institute‚ 1999). Additionally
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Persuasive Essay Teen pregnancy is something that has been around for ages‚ and isn’t all that uncommon. As of 2006‚ out of a million teens between the ages 15-19 three quarters of them end up pregnant every year. Out of all those teens‚ only a very few planned on becoming teen mothers. Through my interviews I have learned just how difficult and life changing becoming pregnant and having a baby as a teen can be. The best thing for teens to do is wait to have a baby‚ because having a baby this young
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Singapore Statistics from the Malaysia Welfare Department for this year‚ from January to April 2010‚ reported that 111 unmarried young girls were pregnant. The figure‚ however‚ is just the tip of the iceberg as many cases go unreported and pregnancies terminated. It also reported in New Straits Times on 23rd July 2010‚ the body of a baby girl found in a bag at a bus stop near the Sultan Ismail Hospital‚ Johor Bahru in the morning. Also there a baby found buried. New Straits Times on 18th July
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bothers me when I wanted to do something important‚ it never bothers me when I’m not intended to think about it. There this one time when I got stressed so badly‚ it leads me to bad situation that causes headaches and fever. But sooner I deal with it so hard to let it go‚ but once I try to think about it‚ it causes me so much stress‚ I did the best I can to avoid those stress emotional when it comes to bad memory
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Focal length of convex length Aim: to investigate how to measure the focal length of a convex lens‚ by using the lens equation: 1/f=1/u+1/v * Independent variables: * Screen * lens * Dependent variables: * distance between the source of light and the lens “V” which is “X” value * distance between lens and the screen “ Y value” * Controlled variables: * ruler * screen size * source of light * Hypothesis: When the lens is displaced further away from the
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PROJECT IN RESEARCH II NATIONAL DANCE OF VIETNAM Submitted by: Pamela Vel B. Marpa Section: II-Discipline Submitted to: Michael Vincent R. Galestre July 31‚ 2012 Mua Sap (Bamboo Dance) Mua Sap (Bamboo Dance) originally from the Highland region of Vietnam‚ this popular dance was performed to celebrate special event‚ such as New Year’s Day. A series of bamboo sticks are set up in a line‚ with the people holding them in place on either side. Dancers move in and out of
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Population 103‚775‚002 (July 2011 est.) Age structure 0-14 years: 34.6% (male 17‚999‚279/female 17‚285‚040) 15-64 years: 61.1% (male 31‚103‚967/female 31‚097‚203) 65 years and over: 4.3% (male 1‚876‚805/female 2‚471‚644) (2011 est.) Median age total: 22.9 years male: 22.4 years female: 23.4 years (2011 est.) Population growth rate 1.873% (2011 est.) Birth rate 24.98 births/1‚000 population (2011 est.) Death rate 4.98 deaths/1‚000 population (July 2011 est.) Net migration rate
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