CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE AND TEENAGE PREGNANCY A Literature Review INTRODUCTION Pregnancy rates among adolescent females have fallen steadily since 1990‚ from 116.9 pregnancies per 1‚000 women aged 15-19 in 1990 to 75.4 pregnancies per 1‚000 female teens the same age in 2002. Teens aged 15 to 17 experienced a decline in pregnancy rates of more than thirty percent‚ from 74.2 pregnancies per 1‚000 in 1990 to 42.3 pregnancies per 1‚000 in 2002. The rates for teens aged 18 to 19 also declined between
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Tyeisha Brevard PHI-105 Instructor Roundtree May 19th‚ 2013 Child Abuse Primary prevention of maltreatment is the level of prevention most sought out in stopping child abuse. This level of prevention focuses on creating an ideal environment in which child abuse is least likely to ever occur. The environment can range anywhere from personal to public. The personal environment‚ or macro system‚ would be considered the internal make-up of a family such as cultural values or financial status
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Responsibilities to Report Child Abuse LaDonne Wagner Virginia College Online Most people feel that it is an honor to become a health worker and cherish the fact that they are helping others become healthier everyday. In becoming a health care worker there are many responsibilities that come along with the job. Some basic responsibilities are to be as kind and welcoming as possible to make your patient feel calm and comfortable. But what are you to do when you encounter a situation where
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Child Sexual Abuse It can be very difficult to talk about sexual abuse and even more difficult to acknowledge that sexual abuse of children of all ages including infants happens every day. Sexual abuse of children has become the subject of great community concern. This is evidenced by the expanding body of literature on sexual abuse‚ public journals by adult survivors and increased media coverage of sexual abuse issues. According to the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS)‚ an
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Villanueva 1 Recognizing and Responding to Child Abuse Nursing 32 – Pediatric Clinical Instructor Gwen Green-Brown Nursing Research Article Villanueva 2 Erika Villanueva February 17‚ 2008 Nursing 32 – Pediatrics Clinical Nursing Research Article Gwen Green-Brown Recognizing and Responding to Child Abuse Childhood abuse occurs nationwide among a variety of races and ethnicities. It affects several children
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Cycle of Child Abuse Even though child abuse is a common crime throughout the world‚ there is no common solution to terminating this nightmare of reality. In most cases‚ child abuse begins when drugs that have taken over the life of a child’s parent. Because of child abuse‚ children experience different types and levels of neglect. Traumatized from their childhood‚ the victims who were born innocent usually continue the cycle of abuse. Coping and ending this cycle is difficult as this wrongdoing
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Child abuse and neglect greatly influence its victim’s long term well-being. One of the greatest effects of child abuse is its self-perpetuation. It is commonly accepted that children that are abused have a greater chance of growing up and abusing their own children. Victims suffer the effects of maltreatment‚ but so does society through the costs incurred for prevention‚ identification‚ intervention and treatment. Increased societal costs stem from * Juvenile delinquency * Adult criminal
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Child Abuse “Jane Eyre” Child abuse happens when a parent or other adult causes serious physical or emotional harm to a child. Child abuse is also a very delicate theme to talk about because of the many cases that have been reported in U.S and Puerto Rico. The causes of child abuse on infants‚ babies‚ and toddlers are catastrophic. There are several people who get abused from infancy to adulthood. Each person who gets abused and survives the trauma is left with horrible memories that will always
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English 8th grade Friday‚ March 1st‚ 2013 Child Sexual Abuse and its Effects Child maltreatment‚ which includes child sexual‚ physical‚ social abuse and child neglect‚ is a major social problem. According to the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS) an estimated amount of 80 thousand children in the United States experience sexual abuse every year‚ but the number of unreported and undetected cases is believed to be far greater. This is because children are afraid to tell anyone
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"Child Abuse" Child abuse is a very serious and controversial issue that is escalating in today ’s society. As we look back to the 1940 ’s and 1950 ’s‚ it was almost unheard of to let anyone outside of your immediate family know anything about your personal life. Every family was thought to be‚ or shown to the general public to be‚ the "perfect family". Some schools had the authority to punish a child by either spanking them with a paddle or hitting their knuckles
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