Teen pregnancy and health risks to both mother and infant are unfortunately closely related. In general‚ infants born to adolescent mothers are at a higher risk of accidental injury and poisoning‚ complications of prematurity‚ learning disabilities and cognitive problems‚ minor acute infections‚ sudden infant death syndrome. Also‚ rates of premature birth and low birth weight are higher among teenage mothers. Teen pregnancy and health risks go hand in hand in girls 14 years old and younger because
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Hispanic Discrimination WGBH American Experience Extra Credit Since the end of the Mexican war‚ for one hundred years‚ Mexicans had to deal with discrimination. In the 1950’s Mexican Americans were considered second class citizens. There were theaters‚ swimming pools and even public parks that did not allow Mexican Americans and were segregated. I was very surprised when they said “public” parks were to be segregated‚ it is outrageous that Mexican Americans couldn’t go to the Public Park‚
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Eemah Pizza Mrs. Katherine Miracle Introduction to Public Speaking 18 February 2013 Outline for Speech The Hispanic Culture influencing The American Culture Specific Purpose: I want my audience to have a better knowledge of The Hispanic Culture; how it differs from The American Culture and influences it as well. Thesis: While Hispanics may not seem important to society‚ Americans should learn about their culture. Introduction Attention Getting Device: * "Strangers in a new culture
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Hispanic Identity Tammy Simpson University of Phoenix Hispanic Identity Names are very important and when discussing the differences between racial or cultural‚ it is very important to remain culturally sensitive. Explaining the differences between Hispanics‚ Latino‚ Chicano‚ and Mexican American may give you a better understand of why some people choice what they want to be called. Because people should be able to choose how he or she is called and names disempowered can have serious
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ethnicities that includes Hispanics. Being Hispanic to me is the cultural that are induced into our lifestyles‚ the prioritize aspect of the bonding of family‚ and a strong volition to thrive without excuses. Being Hispanic is rationalized with one category‚ the language‚ but being Hispanic comes with more characteristics than just being prone with the ability to speak Spanish. From my great grandparents to my grandparents to my parents traditions are passed down. Being Hispanic holds the virtue to
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Hispanic Immigration In this research that I have conducted‚ I will discuss some issues that Hispanic Immigration is having and what some of the impacts are on the United States of America. First‚ I will talk about the population‚ language‚ and employment. Secondly‚ I will talk about the laws on immigration and the effects on the legal and illegal immigrants. Thirdly‚ I will discuss the effects on the housing market‚ the goods and services and the spending in the near future in our nation. Finally
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Philippines has highest rate of teen pregnancy QUEZON CITY (Agencies) : Commenting on the results of a report from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) released on May 7‚ showing that The Philippines has the highest rate of teenage pregnancy in Asia‚ a 25-year-old teacher‚ Nelson Ingking‚ from Talibon‚ Bohol‚ said that he deals with a lot of students who are attention-starved at home. He said that this is reflected in their behaviour at school and they tend to be problematic‚ but it also
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Pregnancy is the fertilization and development of one or more offspring‚ known as an embryo or fetus‚ in a woman’s uterus. It is the common name for gestation in humans. A multiple pregnancy involves more than one embryo or fetus in a single pregnancy‚ such as with twins. Childbirth usually occurs about 38 weeks after conception; in women who have a menstrual cycle length of four weeks‚ this is approximately 40 weeks from the start of the last normal menstrual period (LNMP). Human pregnancy is the
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States. They settled primarily in California‚ Florida‚ Massachusetts‚ and Washington‚ D.C. The civil war in Nicaragua in the year 1980 drove an estimated 800‚000 Nicaraguan immigrants to the United States Mexican Americans are the most prevalent Hispanic group within the United States. Their history can be dated to four centuries within America‚ contrasting in different regions. In States like California‚ Texas‚ New Mexico‚ Arizona‚ and Nevada have great amounts of Mexican Americans. (Mexican
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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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