GOOD AFTERNOON CLASSMATES WE ARE GOING EXPLORE ABOUT TEENAGE PREGNANCY TEENAGE PREGNANCY Teenage pregnancy is pregnancy in human females under the age of 20 at the time that the pregnancy ends. A pregnancy can take place after the start of the puberty before first menstrual period‚ but usually occurs after the onset of periods. In wellnourished girls‚ menarche usually takes place around the age of 12 or 13. Teenage pregnancies appear to be preventable by comprehensive sex education and
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permanently and profoundly alters a teenager’s life. Most of the girls forget about their dreams of happy marriage‚ college is almost always out of the question‚ graduating High School becomes a goal most teenage moms don’t achieve. Young girls having babies isn’t new‚ as a matter of fact‚ teenage parenthood was higher in the 2000’s then it is today‚ but things were different. Most of the girls were eighteen or nineteen and many of them already married. Only a few of single mothers actually kept
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Rachelle Jones March 21‚ 2011 Mr. Martin English III Outline for Teenage Pregnancy I. Introduction II. Teenage Pregnancy #1:Alarming volumes A. Statistic’s B. Coast to taxpayers III. Teenage Pregnancy#2:Impacts A. School B. Health risks C. Parenting IV. Teenage Pregnancy#3:prevention A. Abstinence B. Sex education C. Contraceptive V. Conclusion VI. Conclusion
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Introduction on Teenage Pregnancy for Social Studies Sba By mitseystone | December 2012 Zoom InZoom Out Page 1 of 5 SOCIAL SUDIES SCHOOL BASED ASSESSMENT (SBA) 2013 CANDIDATE NAME: MITSEY STONE CANDIDATE NUMBER: SCHOOL: MONTEGO-BAY E-LEARNING TERRITORY: TEACHER: TITLE: An examination on Teenage Pregnancy in my community TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgement Introduction Task 1: Statement of Problem Task 2: Reason for Selecting Area of Research Task 3: Method of Investigation
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Teen Pregnancy: In the 21st Century Shefali Patel‚ Matthew R Kauhn‚ Tammara Cheeks‚ Aleisha S Shields‚ and Kalenes Thompson University of Alabama at Birmingham Statistics Thirteen percent of teens have had sex by the age of fifteen. In 2006‚ through 2012 ninety-six percent or teens used a condom‚ at least fifty-seven percent used withdrawal and fifty-six used the pill. One in five female is at risk of unintended pregnancy and nineteen percent were not using any contraceptive during intercourse
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English 2 27 May 2014 Teen Pregnancy When I was in high school there were many girls getting pregnant. Teenage pregnancies are typically young girls around the age of thirteen through nineteen. Young teens that get pregnant don’t know all the consequences for their actions regarding life changes. A lot of these teens don’t get the right prenatal care‚ the baby or the mom sometimes get birth and health defects. Unfortunately‚ only 40% of teen mothers finish high school. Fewer than 2 percent finish
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Teenage pregnancy is a social problem that affects the entire community. It is important to examine the causes of this problem‚ the effects the problem has on our society and the individual‚ and some of the possible ways of combating this problem. In every city in the United States teenage girls and boys face premature parenthood. If they chose to accept the responsibility of their actions and not opt for either abortion or adoption‚ they have to grow up quickly in order to face many harsh realities--these
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Macleod‚ C.I.‚ & Tracey‚ T. (2010). A decade later: follow-up review of South African research on the consequences of and contributory factors in teen-aged pregnancy. South African Journal of Psychology‚ 40(1)‚ pp. 18-31. A decade later: follow-up review of South African research on the consequences of and contributory factors in teen-aged pregnancy Catriona Ida Macleod* and Tiffany Tracey *Corresponding author Psychology Department Rhodes University P O Box 94 Grahamstown 6140 Tel: (046)6038500
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Teenage pregnancy is a problem for all involved. It puts a great strain on the parents‚ especially the mother‚ and also on their parents who‚ more often than not‚ end up with the new baby in their family home‚ often having to look after it while the baby’s parents are at school‚ or out socializing and doing the things that teenagers do. Because teen parents are more likely to struggle to deal with parenthood‚ the child is also more likely to grow up with various problems. Not enough effort is put
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Chapter 2 Chapter Two Teenage Pregnancy and Social Policy: A review of the literature Introduction The purpose of this chapter is to review the available literature focusing on the areas of policy relating to teenage pregnancy under exploration in this thesis. Having presented the various trends in teenage pregnancy and related rates as well as associated and causal factors in the previous chapter‚ this chapter begins by providing further explanation as to why the three particular areas
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