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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Teenage pregnancy Teenage pregnancy is formally defined as a pregnancy in a young woman who has not reached her 20th birthday when the pregnancy ends‚ regardless of whether the woman is married or is legally an adult (age 14 to 21‚ depending on the country). In everyday speech‚ the speaker is usually referring to unmarried minors who become pregnant unintentionally. The average age of menarche (first menstrual period) is 12 years old‚ though this figure varies by ethnicity‚[1] and ovulation occurs
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Huerta‚ Lungsod ng Paranaque Research Paper in English IV “Study in Early Teen Age Pregancy” Submitted By: 1 ALLANIGUE‚ Ma. Isabel 9 CATUBLAS‚ Kamille 38 VILLAFLOR‚ Khauleen 35 STA. ANA‚ Pamela 18 FELICIANO‚ Alyssa IV- St. Rita De Cascia Submitted to: MARIBEL VERENDIA Teacher‚ English IV School Year 2011-2012 A B S T R A C T OBJECTIVE To assess the factors associated with adolescent pregnancies among secondary students at Tanga municipality. METHODOLOGY A cross sectional
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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
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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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Teenage pregnancy Introduction Over the past few decades‚ teenage pregnancy has become a public concern which has generated a great deal of attention in the locality. Increasing awareness of the social and economic consequences of teenage pregnancy has led to a consensus opinion among policy makers and the public that teenage pregnancy and child bearing is a significant social problem. It has been linked to an array of other social issues‚ such as welfare dependency‚ child health and well-being
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GOOD AFTERNOON CLASSMATES WE ARE GOING EXPLORE ABOUT TEENAGE PREGNANCY TEENAGE PREGNANCY Teenage pregnancy is pregnancy in human females under the age of 20 at the time that the pregnancy ends. A pregnancy can take place after the start of the puberty before first menstrual period‚ but usually occurs after the onset of periods. In wellnourished girls‚ menarche usually takes place around the age of 12 or 13. Teenage pregnancies appear to be preventable by comprehensive sex education and
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Organization‚ convened the 2014 National Summit on Teen Pregnancy last April 24. This summit‚ which saw the active participation of adolescent youth‚ delivered a clear message: Adolescent sexual and reproductive health (ASRH)‚ or the lack thereof‚ is fast becoming the defining issue of this generation of young Filipinos. Without a robust response from all stakeholders‚ the Philippines is on track toward a full-blown‚ national teenage pregnancy crisis. Staggering facts support this call for concern
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Teenage Pregnancy 1 Susan Schwarzkopf SJVC Online ENG 122 Composition & Reading Part B Patricia Vineski September 9‚ 2015 Teenage Pregnancy 2 Teenage Pregnancy has been a widely discussed topic for several decades. There
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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
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