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. Recent (2014) data from the Philippine Statistical Authority (PSA) reveal that every hour‚ 24 babies are delivered by teenage mothers. According to the 2014 Young Adult Fertility and Sexuality (YAFS) study‚ around 14 percent of Filipino girls aged 15 to 19 are either pregnant
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Introduction 1. Teenage pregnancy 2. Unplanned Parenthood 3. Secrets among male and females between 13 and 16 of age A. having unprotected sex can cause pregnancy B. being in the wrong place at the wrong time Knowing the facts out here about teenagers lives and what their doing. 1. Things parents are not knowing 2. Getting to the bottom line of what they may be going through 3. Drinking and using drugs. A. Getting drunk behind parents back B. getting involved when it comes
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In an effort to understand the effect of teenage pregnancy in the community of Rock Pond‚ a number of sources were examined. According to j.b (2002) in his dictionary Concise Dictionary‚ Teenage Pregnancy can be defined as "". According to ----- (0000) on his/her webside the causes of teenage pregnancy is‚ Lack of Parental Guidance: Most people evade their children from talking about sex. In some cases‚ they provide false information regarding sex and discourage their children to participate
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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 high financial burden on the tax payers and government in providing medical care for the young mothers. ·Although there has been a reduction in the amount of teenage pregnacy in the United States‚the present rate of teenage pregnancies and birth still stands
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Teenage Smoking Cigarette smoking is a habit that kills approximately million of people per year. It is surprisingly being picked up by countless amounts of children every day. Smoking becomes a growing trend in the youth community. The number of young smokers has been increasing in most American middle schools and high schools. Both girls and boys are smoking because they think it is cool. Many of them will take this their trend and carry it for their adulthood. The four reasons that cause
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Teenage Pregnancy I. Introduction Teenage pregnancy is one of the major problem that the world is facing today. Early pregnancy or teenage pregnancy is dangerous to teenage girls’ health because it may cause cervical cancer‚ aids‚ and eventually death. Teenage pregnancies are often associated with an increased rate of delinquent behaviors including alcohol and substance abuse. To begin with‚ majority of them belong to the low income group. To prevent this dilemma‚ there are some preventions
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Depression is the leading cause of teenage suicide. Severe depression is often accompanied by a general sense of suffering as well as the belief to escape from it’s hopelessness. The pain of existence often becomes too much for severe depressed people to bear. The state of depression changes their thinking‚ allowing ideas like “Everyone would all be better off without me” to make rational sense. They shouldn’t be blamed for falling prey to such distorted thoughts any more than a heart patient should
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Bann Teenage Driving This report is about teenage driving. We believe that illegalizing teen driving will reduce the amount of car crashes that happen. Teenage driving has had lots of causes and effects. More attention should be paid to the consequences that teenage driving has caused. We believe that a big part of car crashes have been caused by teens for numerous reason. The government should take action by stopping teenagers from driving. Most teenagers are very immature and irresponsible. It’s
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Teenage Suicide & The Mass Media By Lara Kaaki Professor Missan Laycy Stouhi English 204 – Section 26 February 17th 2014 Teenage suicide has always been a growing issue over the years. According to some statistics‚ suicide is the third leading cause of death for adolescents (after accidents and homicides) in the US. A teenager commits suicide every 90 minutes because of his or her diminished self-control and inability to suppress inappropriate desires‚ actions
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As if this is not alarming enough‚ NSO data also revealed that the number of teenage mothers who gave birth to their second (and third‚ fourth‚ and even their fifth) baby during their teenage years likewise increased in the last 10 years‚ according to data presented at a press conference in Quezon City on Monday by Carmelita Ericta‚ administrator and civil registrar general of the National Statistics Office. This rise in statistics is also reflected in the 2011 annual report of the United Nations
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