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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How Teen Pregnancy Impacts a Community Marna L. Diaz Mental Health and Community Concepts Milwaukee Area Technical College February 19‚ 2012 Abstract Even though rates have declined over the last 20 years‚ the United States still has one of the highest instances of pregnancy among adolescents in the developed world (Magness‚ 2012). The rates of teen pregnancy are highest among the poor and uneducated; these communities also have high infant mortality rates and STD morbidities. This paper
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Alcoholism and Drug Addiction ........................................................................................................................... Introduction ........................................................................................................................... The use and misuse of alcohol and other drugs is one of the more controversial issues in our society‚ and often a source of conflict between generations and between sections of society. It’s not the purpose
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nurses were surveyed anonymously about drug abuse and 20% admitted to misusing at least one prescription drug. In another 1999 report‚ nurses were surveyed anonymously about drug abuse‚ and 20% admitted to misusing at least one prescription drug. Easy access was highly correlated with drug misuse. Nurses reported to use: opioids 60%‚ tranquilizers 40%‚ sedatives 11%‚ amphetamines 3.5%‚ and inhalants 1.9%. Of the top 17 abused prescriptions in 2013‚ 16 of the drugs (94%) are classified as Schedule II
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We are happy to report that Drug Abuse Intervention programs are becoming more enlightened. It wasn’t all that long ago that drug use was widely stigmatized as largely a character defect or moral failing. However‚ new attitudes are emerging that recognize more complex underpinnings‚ such as can be seen in a guide for a medically supervised detox. At the point where the above guide describes the evaluation process‚ it indicates that it is now common to look for "co-occurring mental and physical conditions
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situation. Teenage drug abuse is becoming more common in households around America. In the novel Beautiful Boy by David Sheff‚ Sheff and his family show the struggles of teenage drug abuse by facing the beginning phases of drug abuse‚ the effects on the family and friends‚ and the recovery process. There
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The three different classes of drugs are Stimulants‚ Depressants and Hallucinogens drugs. Stimulant drugs have many side effects such as having increased confidence‚ mood elevation‚ sense of energy and alertness‚ decreased appetite‚ anxiety‚ irritability‚ insomnia‚ transient drowsiness and even delayed orgasm. An example of a Stimulant drug is Cocaine. Cocaine is inhaled or what some people would call‚ “snorted”‚ through the nose‚ smoked‚ or injected directly into the blood stream with a needle
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getting a girl pregnant‚ especially combined with the pullout method. Reseach shows that only 17% of kids under 18 years old indulge in tobacco products. Alcohol should not be consumed by teens for a number of reasons‚ including the potential for for addiction‚ legal troubles‚ and their very lifes. Parents belive it can be peer pressure‚ when friends do it their teens will endulge‚ but the real reason is beacuse all of their teens are havinf massive uncontrolled behaviour. The internet page MAYOCLINIC
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Teen Pregnancy Prevention Birth Control Tamara Bernard March 5‚ 2013 Ms. Morcos Period #8 Abstract According to Women’s Health Channel‚ teenage mothers and the baby’s birth are at risk for developing health problems. Therefore teenage pregnancy prevention is an important matter. This research paper will be focusing on the advantage and disadvantage of the contraceptive‚ and how effective it can be‚ comparing abstinence and birth control and
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statistics from the National Institute on Drug Abuse show some areas of drug use decreasing among middle school and high school students‚ past-year use of illicit drugs numbers still landed at around 27.2 percent. Many treatments work well for both adults and teenagers‚ but teens come with unique problems and issues that often require more specialized programs. While they’re used to be a lack of resources for teenage addicts‚ an increased awareness of adolescent drug abuse has given way to a greater amount
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