REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE Introduction Teen pregnancy is a major health concern in the American school system. According to the National Center for Health Statistics‚ the birth rate among female adolescents increased 3 percent in the year 2006‚ after decades of decline (Hamilton‚ Martin‚ & Ventura‚ 2007). The incidence of adolescent pregnancy in United States is higher than the majority of other industrialized Western nations‚ with 39.1 births per 1000 teens in 2009 (Pazol‚ Warner
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Oxfam is an international confederation of 17 organizations working in approximately 90 countries worldwide to find solutions to poverty§ and related injustice§ around the world.[1] In all Oxfam’s actions‚ the ultimate goal is to enable people to exercise their rights and manage their own lives. Oxfam works directly with communities and seeks to influence the powerful‚ to ensure that poor people can improve their lives and livelihoods and have a say in decisions that affect them. Each organization
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A Short Introduction to SAS Part 1 Outline What’s SAS? SAS language SAS library SAS data sets Data step basics Some basic SAS procedures. What’s SAS? Statistical software? More than that! SAS is a set of solutions for enterprise‐wide business users and provides a powerful fourth‐generation programming language for performing tasks such as these: data entry‚ retrieval‚ and management report writing and graphics statistical and mathematical analysis business planning‚ forecasting
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confidentiality in adherence to the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s (NMC) code for professional conduct (NMC‚ 2008). As a European Union requirement‚ student nurses need to complete the parenthood and pregnancy workbook during their nursing education. This is so they gain an understanding of pregnancy and its terminologies to help them identify the needs of a pregnant woman. My chosen scenario took place whilst I was on community placement on a day out with the Health Visitors. I went out on home
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Early Marriage in South Asia A DISCUSSION PAPER Contents INTRODUCTION 2 THE PREVALENCE OF EARLY MARRIAGE 3 CAUSES OF EARLY MARRIAGE 5 CONSEQUENCES OF EARLY MARRIAGE 8 RESPONSES TO EARLY MARRIAGE OF CHILDREN 16 Introduction Early marriage affects millions of children through the world. It is widely practiced in the countries of South Asia where every year millions of girls-preteens and teens- become the wives of older men. Young girls are married
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1. Introduction Marriage‚ as a fundamental social and cultural institution and as the most common milieu for bearing and rearing children‚ profoundly shapes sexual behaviours and practices. It is undeniable that early marriage is a controversial yet hot topic that gets the attention of the professionals across many fields such as economy‚ psychology and sociology. The age at first marriage variegates across the globe. Being married before the age of 18 has been a social norm in third world
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Early marriage is the marriage of children and adolescents below the age of 18. Causes: According to UNICEF’s Innocenti Research Centre‚ the "practice of marrying girls at a young age is most common in Sub-Saharan African and South Asia". There are specific parts of West Africa and East Africa and of South Asia where marriages before puberty are not unusual. However‚ the Centre also notes that marriage shortly after puberty is common among those living traditional lifestyles in the Middle East
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CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Marriage before the age of 18 is a reality for many young women. In many parts of the world parents encourage the marriage of their daughters while they are still children in hopes that the marriage will benefit them both financially and socially‚ while also relieving financial burdens on the family. In actuality‚ child marriage is a violation of human rights‚ com-promising the development of girls and often resulting in early pregnancy and social
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I was shocked by the answers that I received when I asked a couple the pregnancy interview questions. I could not believe that neither one of them cared about their child. Neither one of them seemed concerned about what happened to the child while it was still in the womb. The mother said she had not changed any of her habits and was still smoking and drinking coffee. She even told me that she was still smoking 4 or 5 cigarettes a week‚ and smoking weed at least once a week. The father didn’t seem
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1.2.6 Company core business product/service Kalsom Bakery producing several products such as cakes‚ breads and biscuits. List of products produce by the Kalsom Bakery is as follows: 1.2.7 Company customer Kalsom Bakery identifies and profile distinct groups of buyers who might prefer or require varying product by examining demographic among buyers. Kalsom Bakery’s customer is from all races‚ especially Malay and Indian. In addition‚ this group also consists
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