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    Teenage pregnancy can be defined as pregnancy of women who have not reached twenty years when the pregnancy ends regardless of the marital status. In South Africa one in three girls has had a pregnancy before the age of twenty. The community at large is aware of the problem of teenage pregnancy. Young women in our communities are falling pregnant while still at school‚ which limits their ability to achieve their long awaited goals in life.  It also puts them at high risk of being infected with HIV

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    problem facing teen mothers is the use of drugs and alcohol‚ including cigarette smoking. No amount of any of these substances is safe for use in pregnancy. In fact‚ their use can complicate pregnancy even further increasing the likelihood of premature birth and other complications. 2. Rebecca B. Singson In the 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

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    The teenage pregnancy strategy began in 1999 with a target to cut half the teenage pregnancies in the UK by 2010. The research from the social exclusion unit set the report on teenage pregnancy and this became the Government’s Strategy over the next 10 years. Political objectives are the Government ideology on what needs to happen and what actually happens in society‚ focus is now on their objectives‚ supporting identified vulnerable groups with low aspirations and lack of motivation. Vulnerability

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    highest rates of teen pregnancy and births in the western industrialized world. Teen pregnancy costs the United States at least $7 billion annually” (“Teen Pregnancy”). Based on these statistics‚ high schoolers often enjoy unprotected sex. However‚ teenagers are not even close to being mature enough for the responsibility of raising a child. It is not an age issue‚ but a mental one‚ since teenagers do not realize that if protection is not used‚ they are simply asking for a baby. Teens do not bother

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    Teenage Pregnancy Teenage pregnancy is a huge issue going on in the United States. Not only does it dramatically decrease the chance of the teen having a good future‚ it also costs the U.S nine billion dollars a year. With approximately 750‚000 American teenagers getting pregnant every single year the government is beginning to worry. Although teenage pregnancy is an issue for young girls all around the world the U.S has the highest pregnancy rate – twice as high as England

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    Commons @Brockport Counselor Education Master’s Theses Counselor Education 1-1-2005 Teen Pregnancy‚ Self-Esteem‚ and their Relationship in an Urban High School Robert P. Curran The College at Brockport Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.brockport.edu/edc_theses Part of the Student Counseling and Personnel Services Commons Recommended Citation Curran‚ Robert P.‚ "Teen Pregnancy‚ Self-Esteem‚ and their Relationship in an Urban High School" (2005). Counselor Education

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    TEENAGE PREGNANCY IN THE PHILIPPINES Introduction: “Teenage pregnancy” is pregnancy in human females under the age of 20 at the time that the pregnancy ends. A pregnancy can take place in apubertal female before menarche (the first menstrual period)‚ which signals the possibility of fertility‚ but usually occurs after menarche. In well-nourished girls‚ menarche usually takes place around the age of 12 or 13. Teenage Pregnancy is now one of the serious problems in our society. It is one

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    A RESEARCH PAPER THE CAUSES OF EARLY PREGNANCY IN TODAY’S GENERATION SUBMITTED BY: Ma. Veronica A. Pelayo BSE- English SUBMITTED TO: Mrs. Cecil V. Sabordo Instructor English Profiency Instruction 2 2nd sem sy. 2014 Topic Outline The Causes of Early Pregnancy in Today’s Generation Thesis Statement: There are many reasons why today’s Generation is involved in early Pregnancy I. Causes of Teen Pregnancy A. Lack of good education 1. Reasons for lack of education

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    How is Quinney ’s understanding of conflict‚ in his early work‚ different from that of SeIlin and Vold? In what way is it similar? Thorsten Sellin in his argument on Cultural Conflict Theory (Linden‚ p347) presented an analysis of the role of culture conflict in crime causation. Sellin posits that crime is caused by conflicts among norms. He suggests that criminologists should study crime not as violation of law but as violation of conduct norms (Linden‚ p347)‚ this conduct norms could be seen

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    Teenage pregnancy Contents CAUSE EFFECTS DISADVANTAGES PREVENTION What is teenage pregnancy? Teenage pregnancy is defined as a teenage girl‚ usually within the ages of 13-19‚ becoming pregnant. The term in everyday speech usually refers to girls who have not reached legal adulthood‚ which varies across the world‚ who become pregnant. Causes and of teenage pregnancy Teen pregnancies may result for different reasons in industrialized countries as compared to developing countries

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