2012 English II Teen Pregnancy There is nothing wrong with being pregnant as an adolescent. This is what many people believe. I beg to differ. Being pregnant at a young age has become a “trend” in this generation. Statistics show that in the U.S. about 820‚000 become pregnant each year. That means 34% of teenagers a year get pregnant before the age of 20. Studies also show that close to 25% of these teens have a second child within 2 years. All teen pregnancies are a choice. This is yet
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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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Teen Pregnancy Teen pregnancy happens all over the world. In the last decade the teen pregnancy rate has increased significantly. There is a great deal of struggle being a teen mom. Young teens have to face judgment and neglect because some parents/guardians will not understand. It is important for the young girls to have somewhere to go when they are in need. The girls can always get help. Getting pregnant at a young age does not mean a girl should give up on life. They should find where encouragement
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TEENAGE PREGNANCY Each year in the U.S. almost one million teenagers become pregnant--at enormous costs to themselves‚ their children‚ and society. While the facts are clear‚ the issues of teenage pregnancy are complicated by our conflicting attitudes and behaviors. Talk of sex fills the airwaves; younger and younger girls are portrayed as sex objects; and sex is used to sell everything from clothing to news. Yet we are shocked at the rising numbers of teens who are sexually active. If we are truly
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MALARIA IN PREGNANCY; THE NURSES ROLE IN PREVENTION AND CARE PRESENTED BY NWAKWUE NNAMDI U SEMINAR PAPER SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR NSS 507 - NURSING SEMINAR TO THE SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY‚ NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA JULY‚ 2014 TABLE OF CONTENT Title page …………………………………………………..………………1 Table of content …………………..…………………...……….…………..2 Abstract ……………………………………………….…..…………..……3 Introduction ………………………………………..…………….………...4 Life cycle of Malaria Parasite
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Teen pregnancy is a health issue in New Zealand because it is a matter which has significant public importance as a society we value a woman having children once they are educated and fanatically stable but teen pregnancy goes against the social value. New Zealand has one of the highest teen pregnancy rates in the developed world almost 4000 babies born to teen parents a year.’’ Since 2000‚ births 15-19 year olds have been trending upwards again with the birth rate increasing between 2001 and 2008
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This topic chosen for the research was no other than the effects of teenage pregnancy on the teenagers of the community of Portsmouth. This particular topic was chosen by me because it was part of the SBA choices and this type of problem is very important in the researcher’s community. The researcher once every week visited the health care center and observed that most of the pregnant women who attended check up were teenagers. Teenage pregnancy can be best defined as becoming pregnant
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on how to prevent teen pregnancy from occurring. These methods are Condoms‚ Pregnancy Pills or in my opinion the bestest staying abstinence‚ Because i believe our body is a temple and we should take care of it and keep it sacred. Condoms‚ the most common method that teens use. The Condom blocks semen from entering and causing pregnancy. But little do they know‚ if the condom is not used correctly it may accidentally break or slip and cause pregnancy. Another huge risk is in danger of catching
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References: 1. Bennet V. R‚ Brown L. K. (1999). Myles Textbook for midwives 13th edition. Churchill Livingstone. New York. 2. Anaemia. Available at htt://en.wikipedia.org 3. Anaemia in pregnancy. Available at htt://www.chkd.org ROSE NJERI WANGARI MBOGO
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Definition: What is early pregnancy? Early pregnancy is considered “socially problematic” such as : broken families‚ discrimination and some teenagers feel they all alone. In addition‚ people believes that being pregnant in an early age are at the high risk for poor health outcomes during pregnancy such as checkups ‚vitamins and even exercise and it is a result of being a child mother because they are young not to know what the right things
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