Pressley‚ Aubrey HED 213 Professor Scott 2/13/13 Health Issues: Teen Pregnancy in Columbia‚ South Carolina Growing up in Northeast Columbia I have endured many matters in which helped me grow into the young adult I am today. Where I’m from‚ high school is the beginning of change for many of the local teens in my hometown. Some change so drastically that if you were to compare their upbringings to their high school days you would never think they were the same individual. Some change for
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An Annotated Bibliography: Teen Pregnancy Marcia Dixon April 8‚ 2013 HCS 465 Kerrie Kelly In years past teen pregnancy created problems in several countries. However in the United States among teenagers‚ teen pregnancy rose‚ but there was no help from programs like the National Geographic’s channel‚ and Teen Mom that aired on MTV. Individuals saw a version of what might have been with cameras rolling‚ however if the cameras are not rolling then life takes on a different meaning. When someone
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in the context of your society or community. This paper is looking at teenage pregnancy and the impact on society‚ and will provide a sociological imagination analysis of the individual and social impact. Being an un-married and pregnant teenager can be an incredibly challenging and scary experience especially if that child does not have a support structure. The national Campaign to prevent teen and planned pregnancy (NCPTP) reports that 3 out of every 10 children under the age of 20 become pregnant
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planning can do to the lives of young adults. In fact‚ some of the portrayals in today’s media do just the opposite‚ by encouraging teens to behave irresponsibly in regard to their sex lives. This is evidence in reality-style shows like “Teen Mom” and “16 and Pregnant”‚ which glorify teen sexuality and the consequences it can lead to. By airing television shows about teen moms on television‚ we are encouraging our young girls to repeat the behavior they see. Glorifying these girls’ choices to have unprotected
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teenage pregnancy revolves around what factors are identified as the causative influences. Some researchers regard prevention programs‚ regardless of how well thought out and implemented‚ as doomed‚ because the issue of teenage pregnancy involves the social whole. Males (1993)‚ for example‚ thinks that current programs of all sorts‚ will not succeed because of a discrepancy between reality and strategies for prevention. In a similar vein‚ Davis (1989)‚ argues that since teenage pregnancy is covered
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March of Dimes Letter of Intent 1. Title of Proposal: Targeting β-catenin signaling in inhibitory circuitry for neurodevelopmental disorders 2. Hypothesis Genetic factors play an important role in the etiology of neurodevelopmental disorders‚ including intellectual disability (ID) and autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) that affect 3-4% of population worldwide. Intriguingly‚ highly penetrant mutations in β-catenin (β-cat) are frequently identified in patients with intellectual disability (ID) (1-6)
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Siana Smith Andy Fentem 30 July 2013 English 1101 Teen Pregnancy Prevention Chicago’s teen pregnant male ads have effectively dropped the pregnancy rates in Chicago by 33% according to the Chicago Department of Public Health between 1999-2009. Healthy Chicago is a Public Health system that influences ways to a healthy life‚ promotes preventions and control that personally affects individuals‚ and offer healthy assistances to the city. The ad shows an unhappy African-American male pregnant
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Incline of Teen Pregnancy The United States has the highest teen pregnancy rate of the Western Industrialized world. An estimated 820‚000 American teenage girls become pregnant each year (Teen Pregnancy Statistics‚ Teenhelp.com). The United States’ teen pregnancy rate doubles Canada’s‚ is four times the rate of Germany and France‚ and is eight times higher Japan’s teen pregnancy rate (Teen Pregnancy Statistics‚ Teenhelp.com). With 34% of our nation’s teens having at least one pregnancy before they
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While the United States having the highest teen pregnancy rate in the industrialized world‚ new phenomenon’s controlling debates in today’s society consistently reflects upon teen pregnancy and the average age of teen mothers declining drastically. Controversies in today’s media‚ political debates‚ and views on birth control depict both ends of an abstruse teen pregnancy spectrum‚ as people choose to glamorize such motherhood or castigate it. In society‚ many people believe success can come easy
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