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    Health Organization‚ convened the 2014 National Summit on Teen Pregnancy last April 24. This summit‚ which saw the active participation of adolescent youth‚ delivered a clear message: Adolescent sexual and reproductive health (ASRH)‚ or the lack thereof‚ is fast becoming the defining issue of this generation of young Filipinos. Without a robust response from all stakeholders‚ the Philippines is on track toward a full-blown‚ national teenage pregnancy crisis. Staggering facts support this call for concern

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    Durkheim’s functionalist theory -Functionalists see society as based on value consensus (members of society sharing common culture). -Culture: Set of shared norms (rules)‚ values‚ beliefs and goals  shared culture produces social solidarity and binding people together. -Functionalists argue there are two mechanisms needed for society to achieve solidarity: Socialisation: instils the shared culture into its members ensuring we internalise the same norms and values‚ and meet society’s requirements

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    Effects of Early pregnancy among teenage mothers to their Personality development in Barangay Julo‚ San Antonio‚ Nueva Ecija Introduction and Background Nowadays‚ one of the major problems in our country is the rapid increase of population. Teenage pregnancy is a big part of this problem. From 2000 to 2010‚ the number of live births by teenage mothers in the Philippines rose by 60 percent. A total of 207‚898 mothers aged below 20 years old gave birth in 2010. In 2000‚ however‚ this number was

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    Outline and assess the functionalists’ theory of social inequalities The Functionalist theory believes that Social stratification‚ including age inequality‚ is necessary for the functioning of a healthy society. Their perspective of social inequality is the belief that "inequality is not only inevitable but also necessary for the smooth functioning of society’. Functionalists believe that Age has become more important in modern society; age provides the function of social integration leading to

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    Teens sometimes have responsibilities that can make them or break them. Whether they are minor or major duties‚ most of the time they are not accomplished. Teens also go through situations that can change their whole entire life. It will make them mature faster‚ seek requirements and undergo consequences that they have never experienced before‚ that is pregnancy. These young adults desire attention in many different ways. They contribute in very emotional relationships where they pour their heart

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    Teenage pregnancy is pregnancy in a female under the age of 20 (when the pregnancy ends). A pregnancy can take place as early as two weeks before menarche (the first menstrual period)‚ which signals the possibility of fertility‚ but usually occurs after menarche. In healthy‚ well-nourished girls‚ menarche normally takes place around the ages 12 or 13. Whether the onset of biological fertility will result in a teenage pregnancy depends on a number of personal and societal factors. Teenage pregnancy rates

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    Asses the functionalist view that religion benefits both society as a whole and its individual members. 33marks The functionalist view of religion stems from Durkheim who said that society is like the human body. He argued that that religion reinforces collective conscience that leads to a unity within society as a whole and that each member of the society is joined in solidarity‚ therefore it acts as glue. It does so by reinforcing social norms and values that bring the community together. It

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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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    Like the intentionalists‚ the functionalists did have some stronger arguments. Mommsen refers to the Holocaust as a “political process which eventually led to the conclusion that there was no way out but to kill the Jews in Auschwitz and elsewhere.” He further put forth his belief “this did not come into being before the second half of 1941.” Intentionalists cannot counter this claim easily‚ “No one has uncovered any SS plans for the relocation of Jews in the Soviet interior‚” intentionalist Richard

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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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