• Applying a Structural-functionalist perspective can help understand how the issue is affecting society. A way that teen pregnancy in low socioeconomic areas helped shape society is the production of more jobs in certain industries; e.g. planned parenthood • Another way this theory can be applied shows the increase of taxes Australians pay. According to the NCPTP “teen childbearing costs taxpayers at least 9 billion each year” [1] • Studies also show that 52% of mothers on welfare had their first
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ABSTRACT This report discusses the importance of some aspects of the impact of teenage pregnancy in Northern Ireland in terms of accessing support services. It has been compiled from the results of a questionnaire completed by a small sample of individuals who have experienced this situation either from personal experience or through their professional contacts‚ and also from internet research and leaflets. The word “restriction” of the report allows for only brief acknowledgement of the issues
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adolescence. What comes into your mind when you hear the words Teenage Pregnancy? Well‚ as we all know‚ unintended pregnancy among female adolescents is a global phenomenon and it is rampant nowadays. Teenage pregnancy has also been found to cause psychological disturbance for some teenagers. For example‚ Clemens (2002) reported that teenager who had normal delivery later report and present with depressive symptoms. Approximately 750‚000 teenage girls between the ages of 15 and 19 become pregnant every
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Teenage Pregnancies among Blacks and Hispanics 11/09/2012 Tina Trent TEENAGE PREGNANCY AMONG BLACK & HISPANIC GIRLS Birth rates in African American and Hispanic teens are substantially higher than whites‚ a trend that has persisted for decades. Even though pregnancy rates among teens are at an all time low. It is still a major issue but mostly affecting the urban communities. In this research paper I will be comparing and demonstrating the relationships
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In recent years‚ teenage pregnancy has been labeled a major issue amongst teens that it can be known as an "Epidemic." Is teenage pregnancy directly responsible for a host of society’s ills? Increasing teenage pregnancy rate translates directly into increasing rates of "school failure‚" early behavioral problems‚ drug abuse‚ child abuse‚ depression‚ and crimes. Many social problems can be directly attributed to the poor choices of teenage girls. The talk shows today are flooded by episodes dealing
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Community and Family Studies – IRP Project Plan Research Proposal: The community group that I have decided to work with and research about is Youth (between ages of 15 – 24 years). My research will be based on the issues of concern for youth and assess their impact on overall wellbeing. The issues or concern in which I will include are teen pregnancy and obesity in teenagers. Justification: * My reason for choosing Youth as my topic is because I believe in researching what the community
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have been determined‚ whether consciously or unconsciously‚ by reason. However‚ in today’s world‚ where propagation and survival of the human species is not a pressing concern‚ reason has come into a new type of importance as a means by which insight can be gained into a subject. This new use of reason induces many questions‚ one of which is whether every claim must be supported by reason. Knowledge claims must be supported by reason‚ or the knowledge claim does not have a basis to be truly considered
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Teenage pregnancy 1) Gender: Male Female 2) Age Range 13-16 17-21 22-40 41 Above 3) To what ethnic group do you belong to? East Indian Mix African Amerindians Chinese Portuguese European 4) To what religion do you belong to? Christianity
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PREGNANCY AMONG TEENAGE GIRLS More than one million girls become pregnant every year in the U.S.‚ a rate of teen pregnancy greater than those of other industrialized nations. There is as much research supporting the close relationship between self-esteem and teenage pregnancy as any other problem behavior. Hayes and Fors (1990) report that lower self-esteem is often an antecedent to the engagement in premarital sexual relationships and is more likely to be responsible for teen pregnancies
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