...Annotated Bibliography Weiss, Josie A. "Preventing teen pregnancy by avoiding risk exposure." American Journal of Health Studies Fall 2010: 202+. Academic OneFile. Web. 16 May 2013. This site gave information on a theory of what adolescent girls think about teen pregnancy. The purpose is to promote a healthy future for these girls by doing research, giving point of view perspective, and highlighting future goals as oppose to teen pregnancy. It gives me the “why” of teen pregnancy and “how” teen girls are pressured and if they get through the pressure and how they battle they’re obstacles. There are numerous resources, most of reliable sites. The author of this has a PhD, PNP, FN-BC, and FAANP; she is also an associate professor. The article was released in the fall of 2010 so it may differentiate in statistics slightly. All-in-all I would use and recommend this resource to someone else, due to the trustworthy sources. Office for Adolescent Health, . "Teen Pregnancy and Childbearing." U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of Adolescent Health, 07 Dec 2012. Web. 16 May 2013. . This site provided information about trends in teen pregnancy and childbearing. The purpose of this article is simply to inform. It’s informative and uses a lot of graphs and charts. The information provided is updated as of December 07, 2012 but the sources are updated as of April 29, 2013 so the stats are up to date as possible. The authors of this article are not listed...
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...question for your research paper that will guide the rest of your writing. A research question, which is more specific and focused than a general topic, is the question that your research paper will be answering. For example, if your general area of interest is social security, a possible research question might ask “How can low-income families save more money if the United States had a reformed social security plan that includes personal retirement accounts?” As you develop a research question, keep in mind that you will need to research sources to support your topic. Do not pick a one-sided question that will limit your research. Instead, develop a research question that lends itself to further exploration and debate—a question for which you genuinely want to know the answer. Try to pick a research question that is neither too broad, which covers too much, or too narrow, which covers too little. It should be broad enough to be discussed in a short research paper. |What is your general topic or area of interest? |I want to look deeper into the percentage of teen pregnancy now | | |versus back then. | |What is it about your general topic of interest that interests |I have a lot of friends that are teen moms. Also personally I | |you? |believed that the pregnancy rate had gone up but actually...
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...Teen Pregnancy, Whose Problem is it? Name Ashford University Social Problems SOC 203 Gina Rollings March 11, 2013 . When a teenage girl becomes pregnant she faces many stresses during her pregnancy. Things like depression, shame, guilt, and fear set in (Meyerhoff, 2006). These things are difficult for adults to deal with let alone for a young girl who is pregnant. Fear of the future comes into play. These girls do not know what to do, what they are going to do, or where to start. Many of them feel as though they now have to put their lives on hold, change their goals, and learn how to juggle school and motherhood. Many teenage mothers also face depression, both before and after the baby are born; interactions with a depressed mother can make children more susceptible to mental health problems. Many teenagers have limited or no support and some get thrown out of their parent’s homes with nowhere to go. The teenage mother can become very shameful and try to hide the fact that she is pregnant. During the first 3 months of pregnancy; seven out of ten teenage girls do not get prenatal care, see a doctor, or go to a clinic (Taylor, 2010, 11, 12). They are at a greater risk of getting anemia, high blood pressure, placental problems, and pregnancy induced hypertension. The mother (the teen) is not the only one who faces stresses. The baby itself can experience difficulties as well. Things like low birth weights...
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...To Blame? Running Header: Teen Pregnancy and Who Is To Blame? Teen Pregnancy and Who Is To Blame? Is Author University Abstract This paper is going to explore of our country’s largest, uncontrolled, expanding epidemic that we face today and that is teen age pregnancy. While this paper is going to explore the statistics of teen age pregnancy it is also going to explore why this epidemic has a possible psychological trigger. Dr. Erik Erickson discusses in his theory if “identity crisis” that an individual must go through eight stages in life successful in order to understand their true identity. While all of the eight stages are important only five will be discussed for this paper. While many of us may believe that there is no reason for a teenager to get pregnant because they should just know better, Dr. Erickson’s theory gives a deep perspective into the psychological effects that can affect a child at different stages of life. This paper is also going to explore what other sources maybe responsible for the teenage pregnancy crisis being so far out of hand. Teen Pregnancy and Who Is To Blame? Statistics show that every year over 750,000 teenage girls will get pregnant. (Services, 2005) More than 2/3 of the teenage girls that get pregnant will not graduate for high school and unmarried pregnant teens account for 24% of the unwed mothers...
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...Teen Pregnancy Teens that are pregnant face unique problems. One, being a teen and being pregnant hold it’s on risk. In addition, teens who are mothers at an early age often have the fact that he or she is a parent interfere with his or her education, there are also problems involving social opportunities and employment options. Special problems that pregnant teenagers encounter are the financing of the pregnancy, the right to abort the fetus while being a minor, and the option to give the child up for adoption. These problems are unique to this population because many adults do not encounter these issues. Minors usually need the consent of at least one parent or other authorized adult to receive medical treatment but minors in certain situations can consent to some types of reproductive health and pregnancy related treatment on their own behalf. If a minor is getting treatment with the help of insurance, then the parent of the minor is involved and is aware of the services received. If the minor is concerned about involving his or her parents, other resources for payment are sought. Clinics such as Planned Parenthood provide assistance in family planning, abortion, and pregnancy services. The Adolescent Family Life Program is a free program available in California. All pregnant and parenting teens are eligible regardless of income. In addition, case management is provided to minor parents to help them access services which include medical services, child care, nutritional...
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...“Violence in Teen Pregnancy” discusses the rising numbers of teens in America that have faced the most violence throughout a pregnancy than adults. AJ Davis has conducted a study which concerns the number of teens whom have faced or are facing some form of violence of violence during pregnancy to the number of adults facing the same types of violence. It was founded that violence during pregnancy is reported more often by teens than adults. The common form of abuse was reported to be by a non-partner or a female friend. Davis suggested that more teens try to follow the abstinence program, by saving themselves till marriage, to help prevent any type of situations if they were to become pregnant and also speak up to someone they can trust about the situation to seek help. Literature Review The literature review is an in-depth analysis of the data concerning the topic of violence amongst teen pregnancies. The article has been summarized and all information obtained will be well organized throughout the research. This literature review may or may not give new explanations of old information or also combined new and old explanations as well. The review can also be used to verify the research and provide more information based on the research topic. That being said, this literature review is used to introduce information concerning violence that may occur during a teen pregnancy more than during the adults pregnancy. The author of “Violence in Teen Pregnancy” has looked...
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...English 1301 Paper #1: What does it say/ What does it mean? We have read “the Role of Advertising in Consumer Decision Making,” and while there were many parts of this article which were odd or unknown to us, the general message was that ads increase our desire to buy something, if we are interested in the subject being advertised. We have also looked at a few sample ads to see how they are telling us stories about ourselves. Now, I would like you pick a static advertisement (a print ad from a magazine, newspaper, billboard, poster, internet, etc.) and analyze how the image uses popular culture, cultural beliefs and the viewpoints that underlie those beliefs to sell us a product. The paper should not be based on opinion, but rather make claims about how the elements of the ad create a particular story meant to persuade us to buy this product. Ultimately, the paper should explore how the elements of the ad work together to have particular effects on us (its audience). For example, the “story” that a particular ad may tell us is that (if we have some item) we are better than other people. Another story may be that is we have something, then we will feel better about ourselves (more healthy, happier, stronger, younger, etc.) To write this paper you will need to: 1. Pick an ad 2. Read it to uncover its story; find the individual elements that work together to tell us… 3. Create claims about those elements (i.e. the smiling people looking out at the viewer tell...
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...Teen substance abuse can cause many problems in a young person’s life. The tragedy can cause breaking up of families and relationships, health issues/overdoses, and unwanted pregnancies. But what happens if the teen is still abusing substances while carrying a child? Drugs and alcohol can have an unbelievable affect on an unborn child, and the more the mother is irresponsible about it, the worse it will be. It is important for nurses to know how to handle this situation, whether it is protecting the health of the pregnant teenage mother, or the health of the newborn baby with complications. This paper will address the many symptoms and malfunctions that can occur when a teenager continues to use alcohol and drugs, even while carrying their child. Scope Statement The first database that was used was Nursing and Allied Health, which provided most of the information that is used in this paper. Typing in “teenage substance abuse and pregnancy” came up with a lot of results, but putting the cut off limit at around 10 years definitely helped with decreasing that number. Also, looking to see if the article had the full PDF text online was helpful. Keywords that were looked for when scanning an article would be pregnancy, any kind of substance that was abused, and statistic or graphs included was an attention grabber. After finding the three main scholarly articles very easily on Nursing and Allied Health, the next browser that was used was Google. After typing in the main topic, which...
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...Teenage Pregnancy How would you feel if you were told that you were an accident? Here is some food for thought to date; every hour in this country 70 teenagers become pregnant, 1,100 teenagers attain an STD, and one young person contracts HIV (Carmona, Elders, & Satcher, 2015). At some point in history, presumably the decade of the 1980s, I too became part of a similar data set. I am the offspring of teenage mother. No matter if it is some thirty-three years ago or 2015, teenage pregnancy is occurring. The only exception between the two different decades is the magnitude of such adverse side effects that not only impacts the teenage mother, but others as well. In a majority of instances some sort of family member, or social worker, need to intervene and care for the child (since the mother can still be called one herself). As for my situation, I was very grateful to have both sets of my grandparent’s take over the responsibilities and duties that an adult mother and father typically account for. Granted, there was sufficient assistance to aid my teenage parents, but their irresponsibility, immaturity, and lack of knowledge for the future, divided both families forever. Which brings me to this; should the teenagers be blamed for the high pregnancy rates, or should the blame be laid at the feet of sex education programs and society around them, or rather a culmination of both? I believe we can’t just blame the individuals themselves. I feel it is the utmost responsibility and...
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...Teen Pregnancy Did you know that 3 out of 10 teenage girls will become pregnant before the age of twenty? According to the CDC the teen pregnancy rate has been decreasing since 2008 and is at an all-time low. However, reading the statistic that three out of ten girls will become pregnant before the age of twenty caused me to ask questions. Why is this still so high? With all of the knowledge out there how are so many teens becoming parents at such a young age? Working in the medical field for a short period of time I came across many teen moms. They struggled to get through life and this brought me to question not just the cause of teen pregnancy, but also how it is viewed in today’s time. Today I am going to inform you on three factors that contribute to teen pregnancy: home life, education and prevention, and society’s view. Transition #1: Before we can talk about the other contributors to teen pregnancy, we need to start with the home life and how it can affect teen girls. I. Main Point: A teenage girl’s home life can have a negative effect on pregnancy prevention. II. The lack of parenting can cause neglect for the teen and they may feel the need to act out in order to gain their parent’s attention. III. Statistics show that teens coming from poverty stricken homes are more likely to become pregnant. In her paper, Teenage childbearing and personal responsibility: An alternative view, Arline T. Geronimus states that teens growing up in poor households on welfare...
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...areas is teen pregnancy. A peer-reviewed research paper published by The Journal for Nurse Practitioners entitled “Who Will Listen? Rural Teen Pregnancy Reflections.” There are both medical and social concerns that occur with teen pregnancy. Teen pregnancy statistic shows that teen mothers give birth to premature babies with low birth weight. The social aspect is teen mothers do not complete high school and lives in poverty. These situations rank high in abuse and neglect with teen parents. Definition of the Problem Rural areas show the highest rate of teen pregnancy compared to state rates, which produces a problem that researchers are questioning why this rate is higher in the rural areas. The Theory of Adolescent Sexual Decision Making (TASDM) is the basis this research was conducted to resolve. This theory has two main objectives that include the risk-promoting environments teens experience and exposure to risky situation that create the situations teens use to justify sexual behavior (Weiss, 2012). The problem with teen pregnancy produces premature birth and low birth weight in the babies. A medical problem with teen pregnancy is the medical expenses incurred with both teenager and infant. These statistics indicate that teen pregnancy result from family with no insurance and no means to pay the medical expenses teen pregnancy incurs. The social problem teen pregnancy presents are that teen mothers tend not finish high school. Teen pregnancy results in...
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...Teen Pregnancy AIU Online Engl. 107- L. Roskoski February 5, 2012 Abstract In this paper it will discuss the things that can happen to teens when they get pregnant and don’t take care of themselves or the baby. It will tell you the pregnancy rate is and how teens cope with being pregnant and in school. How adolescent females think about teen pregnancy and their sexual choices. The US has the highest teen pregnancy rate of all nations. Usually one out of three teens becomes pregnant. The rates of pregnancies, births, and abortions in the U.S. are increasing. (The National Campaign, 2008). Pregnancy rates are higher in rural communities, especially in younger Southeastern U.S. teens (Kost, Henshaw, &Carlin, 2010). Teen pregnancy often results in hardships not only for the teen, but for their parents, communities, friends, and society. Teens have a higher risk of having complications since their bodies are still growing themselves, besides the fact that they have a baby growing inside. Most children born to teen mothers are born premature and under-weight. This can cause the children to have increased risks of getting hyperactivity, blindness, deafness, chronic respiratory problems, infant death, and mental retardation (Terry-Humen, Manlove, & Moore, 2005). Studies also show that rates of abuse and neglect are higher for children born to teenagers. Sons of teen mothers are 13% more likely to go to prison and daughters are more likely to become teen parents...
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...Community Health Issues: Teenage Pregnancy The local Community health issues that will be discussed is teen pregnancy, even though it stems further than just the community. Teen pregnancy has been going on for decades, just in the past few decades we have seen the problem increase, up until around the 1960’s it was appropriate for a 14 year old girl to marry and have kids. Since the decline of unwed teenagers was when everyone decided it was a problem and it has to be fixed. Even though it has been a problem in Florida and in my community there has been a decrease, but even though there is a decrease we as a community will still have to battle to keep the numbers down. According to Paula Stuart” In the past decade, according to the alliance, Polk has ranked among the leading counties in the state for the number of live births to minor girls, those younger than 18 years old (Paula Stuart, 2001).” Teen pregnancy in Florida and in my community began to rise in the 1990’s but stayed at a steady pace, but in 2005 there was a three percent increase. “The pregnancy rate among 15-to-19-year-olds increased 3 percent between 2005 and 2006 -- the first jump since 1990, according to an analysis of the most recent data collected by the federal government and the nation's leading reproductive-health think tank (Washington Post, 2010).” Many people wonder how teen pregnancy has affected the community and how it has affected the community and how have they responded. Well there is a program...
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...Title: TEEN PREGNANCY in AMERICA: Who is to BLAME? Teen pregnancy rates dropped downward fast in the 1990s, largely due to increased access to contraceptives (Huffington Post 2010). However, the trend stabilized in the last decade and now there's evidence that teen births are rising again. Data released from the Guttmacher Institute, a nonprofit organization that conducts research on sexual and reproductive health, shows that the teen pregnancy rate rose three percent in 2006, the first increase since the late eighty’s. Nationwide, the 2006 teen pregnancy rate was 71.5 pregnancies per 1,000 women ages 15 to 19 (about seven percent of this age group became pregnant). That is an increase from the 2005 rate of 69.5 per 1,000, which was the lowest point in 30 years. The increase was seen in White, Black and Latino teens( document). Many parties surely share the blame for the rise in teen pregnancy. First, the media, there are very few television shows or movies that show the reality. Most movies or television shows have teens engaging in the sexual act with no consequences. Second, according to researches conduct by the Guttmacher Institute a pro-choice organization, the abstinence-only sex education programs which began in the early 2000s, prohibited by law the distribution of contraceptive information. As a result, teens' use of contraceptives declined and pregnancy rate rose. Third, the absent parents; parents today live a busy life. They barely have time to build a relationship...
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...project I identified that the teenage pregnancy rate for the community of Asbury Park was more than twice that of the state, or nationally: Mother’s Age Live Births | Asbury Park2010 | NJ2010 | US2010 | 14 – 19 | 9.2% | 3.5% | 3.4% | As the Community Public Health Nurse, this is a topic I am going to try to tackle as I feel teen pregnancies have a snowball effect on the teen as well as the entire community. According to a government publication called Find Youth Info, only fifty percent of teen mothers have a high school diploma or GED, compared with ninety percent of adolescents who did not give birth; only ten percent had a two or four year college degree, and; teen fathers had a thirty percent lower incidence of graduating from high school than those that are not fathers (“Teen Pregnancy“, 2014, p. 1). Additionally, a sexually active teen increases their risk of contracting a sexually transmitted disease, and the pregnant teen may encounter health risks and complications due to the pregnancy. The children born to teen mothers are also at a disadvantage from the start. They have a higher risk of (“Teen Pregnancy“, p. 1): - Infant mortality. - Lower birth rate. - Less emotional support. - Less cognitive stimulation. - Fewer skills upon entering kindergarten. - More reliance on publicly funded healthcare. - Higher rate of placement into foster care. - Lower employment rate as a teen. As you can see, teen pregnancy is detrimental to the child, the mother...
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