TEENAGE PREGNANCY RESEARCHERS: Camana‚ Hazel Zinia M. Baclayo‚ Shelamitte F. Batiola‚ Harvey T. TABLE OF CONTENTS Page ACKNOWLEGEMENT ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. 1 INTRODUCTION (Background of the study) …………………………………………………………………………………………….2 CURRENT PROBLEMS/ ISSUES ………………………………………………………………………………………
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are still in their teens according to the president of the PACE Foundation‚ Sonia Brown. We are urging citizens to take a stand and educate our children about contraceptives and the irresponsibility and lack of knowledge that leads to teenage pregnancy. Most teens that have children find it harder to become a part of the work force because their time is more focused on their child. They are less prepared to enter the working world because they are ill prepared due to being forced to be
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Teenage pregnancy Teenage pregnancy is formally defined as a pregnancy in a young woman who has not reached her 20th birthday when the pregnancy ends‚ regardless of whether the woman is married or is legally an adult (age 14 to 21‚ depending on the country). In everyday speech‚ the speaker is usually referring to unmarried minors who become pregnant unintentionally. The average age of menarche (first menstrual period) is 12 years old‚ though this figure varies by ethnicity‚[1] and ovulation occurs
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en Teen Pregnancy Jennifer Coetzee July 8‚ 2013 HCS/465 Kerrie Kelly Teen Pregnancy Teen pregnancy has become an increasing problem over the years. Parents‚ teachers and teens alike all fear for the same thing‚ teen pregnancy. In several studies the question always remain the same what is the cause of teen pregnancy other than the obvious answer‚ why is this continuing to increase over the years. Parents always feel that they were not strict enough. Teachers feel that the teens are either
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Teenage Pregnancy in America In recent studies‚ statistics show that the United States ranks number one with cases of teenage pregnancy. Teen pregnancy is an important issue that people need to pay more attention to. Women that get pregnant at a young age are likely to suffer from health related issues as well as emotional stress. They often resort in dropping out of school‚ therefore hindering them to get a good job. Young women need to stop and think of the consequences of having a baby
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We all have our different ideas of teenage pregnancy. Teenage pregnancy is defined as unmarried women under eighteen becoming pregnant. The history of teenage pregnancy is a little complicated; it needs to be examined from its historical context showing how it affects the women and child‚ and the resulting challenges. Teenage pregnancy has been around since at least the colonial times. Yet‚ during the earlier part of history it was okay for adolescent girls to become pregnant; as long as they were
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Solving the Problem of Teen Pregnancy In the United States‚ teen pregnancy is one of the problems that society faces. Shows like 16 and Pregnant and Teen Mom have shed a light about this problem and has been an educational tool for many teens to learn from other teen girls featured on the show. These shows tell the reality of these teens having children‚ the hardships they go through‚ and the high cost that carries along with being a teen parent. The country’s birth rate for teens is nine times
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Teen Pregnancy Tiffany Laubach Kaplan University CM 220-57 Professor Campos February 12‚ 2012 The Effects of Teen Pregnancy Are Americans effectively discussing the topic of teen pregnancy? “According to research in 2009 approximately 410‚000 births occurred among teens aged 15-19 in the United States of America.” (Razol‚ Warner‚ Gavin‚ Callaghan‚ Sptiz‚ Anderson‚ Barfield‚ Kahn‚ 2011‚ ¶6) Therefore‚ the United States of America ranks number one among all other countries and teen pregnancy is a
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Effects on Teen Pregnancy Many teens today are teen moms. There’s are many ways that this could effect young teenage girls. I am going to explain the issues that teen moms go through in their everyday life and there future. Many teenagers do not understand the concept that being a teen mom is not a joke. Teen pregnancies affect the woman‚ and everyone around her. While many teens that engage in pre-marital sex never become pregnant‚ some are not as lucky. Teen pregnancy have become all
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mother’s life is threatened within the term of her pregnancy and I believe that’s the way the church would see it also. Within the same article that was mentioned in the first paragraph. (Abortion in America’s not rare‚ 2013) “It has been estimated that there has been 55 million safe‚ legal and rare abortions performed in the United States since the 1973 Supreme Court decision.” For many years abortion has been only for saving a woman’s life if a pregnancy was to threaten her survival and in the article
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