KaTeria Rhodes PUBH 3330 Systematic Review Update #2 In the 1990s‚ teenage pregnancy was identified as a major public health issue right along with cancer and cardiovascular disease prompting public health interventions to be created. When researching teenage pregnancy in the African-American community I wanted to know were there specific things that caused African-Americans to have such a high number of teenage pregnancies compared to other races. Things like education and socio-economic status
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Not every teen pregnancy is unpleasant and regretful. According to a story by a teen mother name Mag‚ in "Who Would Have Believed" says that her life style change dramatically after she discovered that she was pregnant. Before that‚ she was a "rebel"‚ going out drinking‚ making her parents mad‚ and just like many other teens‚ she was hard to control at the age of fourteen. While dating‚ Mag became pregnant at the age of fifteen. Discovered the shocking new‚ Mag stopped drinking‚ became very responsible
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Cultural Relativism by Mark Glazer | Cultural relativism in anthropology is a key methodological concept which is universally accepted within the discipline. This concept is based on theoretical considerations which are key to the understanding of "scientific" anthropology as they are key to the understanding of the anthropological frame of mind. Cultural relativism is an anthropological approach which posit that all cultures are of equal value and need to be studied from a neutral point of view
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The number of juvenile delinquents in Russia is growing rapidly. There are about 1.5 million juvenile arrests a year. Some causes for the rise of juvenile delinquency include lack of proper attention from their parents‚ the surrounding neighborhoods juvenile grew up in. Unfortunately‚ there are innumerable examples of family units that do not function effectively. Physical or emotional abuse‚ neglect and lack of interest by the parents in the children’s lives all contribute to a lack of proper
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Sexual Abuse to Teenage Pregnancy Ashlee L. Glover Lindenwood University The Relationship of Childhood Sexual Abuse to Teenage Pregnancy I. Questions and Answers 1. “The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between childhood sexual abuse and teenage pregnancy” (Roosa‚ Tein‚ Reinholtz‚ & Angelini‚ 1997). 2. “Three research questions guided this effort. First‚ do women who were sexually abused as children and women who had teenage pregnancy have similar developmental
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WHAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RISE IN TEENAGE PREGNANCY? "I’m pregnant!" These were the words echoing in fifteen year old Tina’s head. How was she going to relate this to her ’barely-legal’ boyfriend? Likewise‚ how would she convey this to her mother? Teenage pregnancy continues to rise rampantly in most parts of the world. The factors contributing to teenage pregnancy are lack of knowledge‚ increase in sexual activity at an early age‚ sexual abuse‚ lack of supervision and peer pressure. The
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Adolescent Delinquency Throughout the course of the progressive era significant legislations helped to control the growing urban society. Austin et al. claim that the establishment of a juvenile justice system is “one of the most progressive developments in the evolution of criminal justice in the United States” (4). Influenced by the children’s welfare‚ the juvenile law adopted the English doctrine parens patriate which gave states the authority to assume the role of a parent (Soulier & Scott 138)
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Cause and Effect Essay: Teenage Pregnancy Teenage Pregnancy is one of the most alarming issues in our world today. Many teenagers engage themselves in sexual intercourse with their partners just to be “in” with their friends. Surprisingly‚ some countries even celebrate early teenage pregnancy‚ as it is a clear sign of fertility. But moderately‚ a teenage girl being pregnant before adulthood is critically looked down upon with shame. In 2009‚ around 410‚000 teenage girls‚ ages 15 to 19‚ gave birth
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Robert Agnew extended Merton’s strain theory to explain juvenile Delinquency. He called his theory General Strain Theory of delinquency (GST) and broadened strain theory’s focus beyond economic goals and success. Agnew argued that adolescent strain results not only from failure to achieve economic goals‚ but also from failure to achieve noneconomic goals‚ the removal of positive stimuli‚ and the introduction of negative stimuli. Removal of positive stimuli can be the death of a loved one or the ending
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statement of the problem. INTRODUCTION Teenage pregnancy refers to pregnancy in a female under the age of 20. Lack of awareness about the causes and effects of teenage pregnancy is more often than not‚ a result of lack of proper communication between teenagers and their parents. Government statistics on female adolescent pregnancies indicate that the total number of annual births changed little over the preceding 10 years‚ but the number of teenage pregnancies rose 70 percent‚ from 114‚205 in 1999
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