HOW TEENAGE PREGNANCY AFFECT LIVES OF TEENAGERS The burdens of early childbearing on disadvantaged teens are undeniable. Trying to untangle the factors which contribute to teenage pregnancy from its effects‚ however‚ leads to a "which came first‚ the chicken or the egg?" dilemma. Educational failure‚ poverty‚ unemployment and low self-esteem are understood to be negative outcomes of early childbearing. These circumstances also contribute to the likelihood of teen pregnancy. For example‚ recent studies
Free Adolescence Pregnancy Teenage pregnancy
Teen pregnancy: Medical risks and realities Pregnant teens and their unborn babies have unique medical risks. Lack of prenatal care Teenage girls who are pregnant -- especially if they don’t have support from their parents -- are at risk of not getting adequate prenatal care. Prenatal care is critical‚ especially in the first months of pregnancy. Prenatal care screens for medical problems in both mother and baby‚ monitors the baby’s growth‚ and deals quickly with any complications that arise.
Free Pregnancy Abortion Obstetrics
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
Premium Birth control Human sexuality Sex education
Introduction In recent years teen pregnancy is increasing rapidly‚ it seems to have become a fashion statement. There are so many teenagers becoming parents while still attending high school. Most experts believe that teen pregnancy is declining but unmarried teen pregnancy is increasing. I believe it up to us to set an example for the children and teenagers today‚ what do you believe? “Even though teen childbearing overall has declined steeply over the last half-century‚ the proportion of all
Premium Human sexual behavior Pregnancy Teenage pregnancy
WITH TEEN PREGNANCY AND ABORTION AND REDUCE THE FINANCIAL BURDEN ON TAX PAYERS. MAIN POINTS: ·Easier access to to oral contraception will reduce the occurrence of unwanted and unplanned pregnancies and abortions and the risks associated with abortion and high risk pregnancies. ·Many teenage girl who become pregnant have a higher tendency not to finish high school and this reduces their chances at attaing stable financial status and better careers. ·The high rate of teenage pregnancies puts a
Free Pregnancy Abortion Teenage pregnancy
1. INTRODUCTION Teen pregnancy is pregnancy in human females under the age of 20 at the time that the pregnancy ends. A pregnancy can take place in a pubertal female before menarche (the first menstrual period)‚ which signals the possibility of fertility‚ but usually occurs after menarche. In well-nourished girls‚ menarche usually takes place around the age of 12 or 13. Teenage pregnancy is also defined as an unintended pregnancy during adolescence. Teen pregnancy is something that affects over one
Premium Pregnancy Teenage pregnancy Sexual intercourse
Obesity and Pregnancy Have you ever leisurely walked down an isle at Target and noticed a pregnant women waddling from side to side and thought to yourself man she is fat? Well she really is. Obesity is a medical condition in which excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it may have an adverse effect on health‚ leading to reduced life expectancy and increased health problems. Maternal obesity is a major risk factor in short term for both maternal and fetal complications‚ including maternal
Premium Obesity Childbirth Pregnancy
the Coast Provincial General Hospital on 6/4/2011 at 10.34PM as a referral from a private clinic. On admission‚ she was in poor general condition. She had laboured breathing and complained of headache‚ dizziness and palpitations‚ which had lasted about one week. Her parity was 3+0 gravida 4. Her last menstrual period was on 20/7/2010 and expected date of delivery 27/4/2011‚ hence gestation was 37 weeks on admission. She had attended her first antenatal clinic visit at a gestation period of 30 weeks
Free Blood Red blood cell Hemoglobin
attend a college full time with no children to worry about‚ and many girls never even finish off their senior year the way they wanted to. Teenage girls getting pregnant and having children is not a new issue‚ in fact it has been around for years. In fact‚ according to Teen Help‚ “teen pregnancy and birth rate was much higher prior to 1980 (and especially in the 1950s and 1960s.)” (Help‚ 2010) http://www.teenhelp.com/teen-pregnancy/teen-pregnancy-statistics.htmlThe difference between today and the
Free Teenage pregnancy Adolescence
What we allow our children to view on television‚ in print media and through sex-filled songs pressuring them to have sex at an earlier age? According to a study done by Jane Brown of the University of North Carolina and a chief author of the report 1‚017 students were used in the study ages 12-14 to research what children were exposed to which at that time was only limited to what they saw on television. During a recheck two years‚ later the research showed that children were exposed to 264 items
Free Human sexual behavior Human sexuality Sexual intercourse