Factors that Lead to Teen Pregnancy Although the overall rate of teen pregnancy has been declining‚ the rates have remained high for teens that are most vulnerable. The great majority of Americans believe that teen pregnancies are a serious national problem‚ indeed a problem that is the major component of what is thought to be national moral decline. However‚ what causes these teens to become pregnant at such a young age? These include factors in the community and the family such as violent crime
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Single Motherhood and Teen Pregnancy In researching material on single mothers and teen mothers‚ the factual problems with single mother households‚ and the stereotypical problems‚ I found a few interesting issues in the resources I collected which are worth mention. The first is the general statistics of sexual activity and early pregnancy. The second deals with the conflicting views of the effects of single mother families on the children. The third deals with the financial issues of prevalent
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Teen Pregnancy Have you ever been flipping through the channels and come across one of the many shows involving teen mothers? They are hard to miss these days! I’m sure most people immediately begin ranting about how the media is giving unnecessary attention to these teens that have already made poor decisions. Many people feel these shows actually encourage teen pregnancy because in some cases it is glamorized by the media. Let’s discuss some of the many reasons that there is an increase
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Teenage Pregnancy: Society’s Newest Trend After being raised with three sisters‚ I’ve come to notice that your typical teenage girl spends the majority of her time thinking about clothes‚ school‚ and boys. While I could be wrong about the clothes and school part‚ the numbers give me a leg to stand on when it comes to boys‚ 76.4 girls per 1‚000 females who are pregnant are spending all of their time worrying about bringing a child into the world due to teen pregnancy (Henshaw‚ 2004). Within the
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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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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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Teen Pregnancy and Sex Education The consensus is that sex education is necessary for pre-teen and teenagers to receive information about their bodies‚ reduce the risk of pregnancy‚ and disease (Combellick & Brindis‚ 2011). Many states have mandates on the curriculum of sex education and what grades to present the information to the students (Jacobson‚ 2011). On average‚ students receive sex education in 6th or 7th grade and 9th or 10th grade (Bigos‚ 2012). The problem is in
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Position Paper A few years ago‚ I watched a terrifying story on ABC ’s 20/20. It was a story about a teenage girl who had gotten pregnant. She successfully managed to keep her pregnancy from everyone‚ even her immediate family. She secretly gave birth to a baby girl--by herself-- in the basement of her house. Out of fear‚ she covered the baby with a blanket and the baby died. There was an investigation and trial on the teenage girl‚ as to whether she should be convicted of murder or not
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