nation in the world‚ such a huge number for a relatively small country. In addition to that‚ over the past ten years‚ the number of Filipinas who got pregnant went up by sixty percent. This makes the country rank number three in the ASEAN region with the most number of teenage pregnancy cases‚ it is also alarming to know that the Philippines‚ among the ASEAN sectors‚ is the only nation wherein the rate is increasing. Adolescents make up twenty one percent of the total population of the Philippines‚ and
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Tupou Sia Mr. Daniel Chang Health 150/ Sec 2 01/27/2014 Reaction Paper Stress Stress is a normal or general physical and emotional state that accompanies the stress response‚ and a physical and emotional reactions to a stressor‚ that any physical or psychological event or condition that produces physical and emotional reactions. I could only think of the last time I have faced the most significant stress I ever discover‚ and to be honest I was really young at that time‚ maybe it was fourteen
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First Draft – How can Teenage Pregnancy be Prevented? Most adolescent women have no intention of becoming pregnant. Within the past ten years‚ pregnancy rates among teenager’s have skyrocketed and a solution to this problem has still yet to be found. “School sex and relationships education has very little impact on teenage pregnancy rates‚ according to new research.” (Bloom‚ 2012) The increase of pregnancy has become an issue that has concerned American’s for the past twenty years. But the real
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Teen pregnancies in the Philippines By Rebecca B. Singson Philippine Daily Inquirer First Posted 00:55:00 06/14/2008 Filed Under: Health‚ Lifestyle & Leisure‚ Gender Issues (First in a series) MANILA‚ Philippines?The sexual revolution has ushered in a period in which the average adolescent experiences tremendous pressures to have sexual experiences of all kinds. Filipino teens get a higher exposure to sex from the Internet‚ magazines‚ TV shows‚ movies and other media than decades ago‚
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II-Discipline Submitted to: Michael Vincent R. Galestre July 31‚ 2012 Mua Sap (Bamboo Dance) Mua Sap (Bamboo Dance) originally from the Highland region of Vietnam‚ this popular dance was performed to celebrate special event‚ such as New Year’s Day. A series of bamboo sticks are set up in a line‚ with the people holding them in place on either side. Dancers move in and out of the sticks‚ trying to time their dancing as to not get caught between the bamboo sticks. Performers typically
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every two minutes‚ a teenage girl in the United States gives birth (Guernsey 6). While this fact may be sad and startling to most people‚ it is in deed the truth. Over the past few decades‚ the problem of teen pregnancy has grown considerably in this country. It has been receiving a great deal of public and official attention recently‚ including expressions of concern from President Clinton and New Jersey’s Governor Whitman (Schurmann 7). However‚ the most extensive dilemma regarding the issue of adolescent
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Running Head: Teen Pregnancy Teenage Pregnancies and Health Risks Betty Samuelsen Western Governors University Teen girls should refrain from the peer pressure of becoming pregnant. Becoming pregnant at a young age may have consequences with the range of seriousness. Pregnant teens are encouraging others to become pregnant in the form of peer pressure. Teens are watching too much television that encourages them to become pregnant. Pregnancy is a major reason that the dropout rate of teen
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Focal length of convex length Aim: to investigate how to measure the focal length of a convex lens‚ by using the lens equation: 1/f=1/u+1/v * Independent variables: * Screen * lens * Dependent variables: * distance between the source of light and the lens “V” which is “X” value * distance between lens and the screen “ Y value” * Controlled variables: * ruler * screen size * source of light * Hypothesis: When the lens is displaced further away from the
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LEGAZPI CITY‚ Albay - Teenage pregnancies in the Philippines surged by 70 percent over one decade‚ a ranking official of the United Nation Population Fund Agency (UNFPA) said on Monday. Ugochi Daniels‚ UNFPA country representative‚ said the rising number of teenage pregnancies in the country is an area of concern that the agency is giving serious attention to‚ exposing as it does adolescent girls (10 to 19 years old) to high risk. Daniels said a strong advocacy campaign is needed to educate
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In recent years‚ teenage pregnancy has been labeled a major issue amongst teens that it can be known as an "Epidemic." Is teenage pregnancy directly responsible for a host of society’s ills? Increasing teenage pregnancy rate translates directly into increasing rates of "school failure‚" early behavioral problems‚ drug abuse‚ child abuse‚ depression‚ and crimes. Many social problems can be directly attributed to the poor choices of teenage girls. The talk shows today are flooded by episodes dealing
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