REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE Introduction Teen pregnancy is a major health concern in the American school system. According to the National Center for Health Statistics‚ the birth rate among female adolescents increased 3 percent in the year 2006‚ after decades of decline (Hamilton‚ Martin‚ & Ventura‚ 2007). The incidence of adolescent pregnancy in United States is higher than the majority of other industrialized Western nations‚ with 39.1 births per 1000 teens in 2009 (Pazol‚ Warner
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References: Carroll‚ J. (2013). Sexuality now: Embracing diversity. (4e ed.). Belmont‚ CA: Wadsworth Clemmitt‚ M. (2010‚ March 26). Teen pregnancy. CQ Researcher‚ 20‚ 265-288. Retrieved from http://library.cqpress.com.indianapolis.libproxy.ivytech.edu.allstate.libproxy.ivytech.edu/cqresearcher/
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For my outline I chose to write about pregnancy testing of students by schools. In my paper I compare and contrast why or why not schools should be allowed to hold pregnancy testing. I have read and analyzed‚ along with seeking the opinions of individuals and myself. Do you believe this is acceptable for our students‚ with or without parental acknowledgement? Does having pregnancy testing in our schools send the right message to our future‚ which are our children that are attending these schools
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Teen Pregnancy Teenage Pregnancy is one of the biggest problems that America has to date. Currently‚ the United States has one of the highest teen pregnancy rates in the western industrialized world. Four in every ten American girls will get pregnant at least once before they turn twenty. Approximately seven hundred fifty thousand American teenage girls get pregnant every year resulting in about four hundred twenty thousand teen births (The National Campaign). In today’s society teenage
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or 249‚078 of those babies belong to females between the ages of 15 to 19 (National Vital Statistics Reports). Although the amount of teenage pregnancies has declined in recent years‚ concerns involving a young woman’s capability to care for a child at a fragile age remain bold‚ especially with the consistent controversial topics that coincide with teenage pregnancies such as abortion. Teenagers impregnated by accidental or forceful means often turn to the procedure as a safety route out of their current
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States‚ is teenage pregnancy. Let’s face it‚ there is nothing we can do to eliminate this huge problem amongst us. However‚ there are many ways we can reduce the statistics of teenage pregnancy. One great solution we‚ as a country‚ can promote‚ is to allow condoms to be issued within high schools. Although there are many concerns and questions to allow this act‚ there are many beneficial facts that support condoms issued in high schools to be effective‚ to reduce the number of pregnancies. Questions
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Thesis in Math IV “Teenage Pregnancy‚ Who is to blame? “ Members: Kamille de Jesus Rina Verne Cleofas Mario Arambulo Kyle Montealto Yvana Palmos Chapter One I. Introduction Filipinos are suffering from the poverty‚ and one factor affecting is the issue of overpopulation. One of the solutions made by the government is through RH Bill. RH Bill‚ responsible parenthood isn’t it? As we look further more in our society‚ females are the one who suffers most‚ not just any female
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Armani White Dr. Smalls-Muir English 101 11 November 2014 Teen Pregnancy Teen pregnancy is a severe issue in our lives today where people become pregnant because they are insecure or not informed. Nearly four out of ten girls become pregnant at least once before the age of 20 ‚but why does this happen? Most teens get pregnant because they want to know how it feels to raise a child or because they see others with children and they find them cute and want them to themselves. Others
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Teen pregnancy has been a problem in the United States for years. Although rates have dropped since the 1990’s‚ teen pregnancy rates in the United States are still higher than other western societies (Arai‚ 2009). Teenage pregnancy is accompanied with many negative consequences such as shortened educational experience‚ diminished employment‚ larger family size‚ increased risk of single- parent and poverty (Turner‚ 1990). Teen mothers struggle on a daily basis. In order to help them through their
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Unit 2 Project: Teen Pregnancy Joan Kjer Kaplan University CM220-11 Professor Nelson August 15‚ 2011 The “Big Idea” that I am going to write about is “teenage pregnancy.” The working thesis statement that I have come up with is‚ “Education is one of the best ways to prevent teenage pregnancy‚ educating teenagers could help the teenagers understand all the consequences of becoming a teenage parent‚ and all the advantages that they can have if they just would protect themselves from becoming
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