...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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...Teens and Sexuality Table of Contents: 1……………..Introduction 1……………..Negative Effects upon Girls 1……………..Negative Effects upon Babies 2…………….. Sexually Transmitted Infections and Diseases 2……………..Conclusion 5……………..Works Cited 26 October 2011 Teens and Sexuality As a substitute teacher in the DeKalb County school system, I have observed actions and heard conversations that let me know that many students are sexually active and not shy about sharing that information. Recently, there was a disturbing, very graphic video displayed on YouTube of several DeKalb County students engaging in sexual activity on school property. Educators try hard to discourage such activities. However, many think it would benefit the students if teachers and administrators were to face reality and provide teens with condoms. If teenagers regularly use condoms this might prevent many pregnancies, thus lessening the number of unwanted children, and prevent the spread of sexually transmitted infections and diseases. Teens in our society are increasingly sexually active. According to Jonathan Klein, writing in PEDIatrics Digest , 48% of teens are sexually active. In fact, according to statistics cited in “Babies having Babies,” 40% of young American women will get pregnant by age 20. These pregnancies often hamper the education of the expectant teen. Education may be put on hold when a teen becomes pregnant. Some pregnant teens will drop out of school. Others who were planning...
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...TEEN PREGNANCY AMELIA MORA KAPLAN UNIVERSITY CM107 Teen Pregnancy I. Introduction a. The U.S. rates of teenage pregnancy are uncontrillably high. b. Teenage girls need to be aware of the dangers of adolescent pregnancy. II. Negative Effects of Teen Pregnancy. a. Health Effects b. Mental Effects c. Socially Effects d. Physically Effects e. Poverty III. Teenage Parents Lack Rediness of Responsibilities. a. Socially b. Economically c. Emotionally d. Financially IV. Preventing Teen Pregnancy. a. Abstinence b. Contraception V. Conclusion Teen pregnancy is linked to a number of issues. Becoming knowledgeable of the dangers may help in preventing pregnancy. Teenage pregnancy is a growing problem all around the world. Although the numbers have lowered, it is still an issue in our society, costing taxpayers millions of dollars (Issues & Controversies). According to the Alan Guttmacher institute, In 2008 the rate of teenage pregnancy was 67.8 for every 1,000 woman ages 15-19, down from 116.9, in 1990. Regardless of the decline, the U.S. rate is still much higher than that in any other country. Additionally, U.S. blacks and Hispanics have a much higher teen pregnany rates than whites. Teen...
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...How Teen Pregnancy Can Effect Teens I. Introductory Paragraph A. Thesis Statement- The socioeconomic impact of teen pregnancy causes a never ending cycle of ignorance and poverty, as well as continuing the lack of family and societal support structures that are necessary to build a productive life. 1. Transition Sentence II. Causes of Teen Pregnancy A. Lack of a Good Education 1. Reasons for Lack of Educationa. Discomfort b. Fear That It Will Encourage Sexual Activity c. Uncertainty About When to Educate 2. Results a. Unprotected Sex b. Misuse of Protection c. People Believe Myths d. People Aren't Aware of Consqences B. Increased Sexual Activity In Teens 1. Reasons for Increased Sexual Activity a. Peer Pressure b. Teens Not Understanding the Significance of Sex C. Transition Sentence III. Why Teen Pregnancy is a Cause for Concern A. Negative Mental/Psychological Effects 1. Effects on Child a. Child Is At Higher Risk of Having Behavioral Problem 2. Effects on Mother a. Initial Excitement b. Fear c. Confusion d. Resentment e. Frustration f. Depression B. Negative Physical Effects 1. Effects on Mother a. Higher Risk for Anemia b. Higher Risk forPregnancy Induced Hypertension c. Higher Risk for Higher Blood Pressure d. Higher Risk for Cervical Cancer e. Higher Risk for Miscarriage 2. Effects on Child a. Higher Risk for Fetal Distress b. Higher Risk for SIDS (Sudden Infant Deaths Syndrome) c. Higher Risk of Being Born Prematurely d. Higher Risk of Delayed Development e. Higher Risk...
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...Teenage Pregnancy Indiana vs. Kentucky Michell Davis Ivy Tech Community College April 2016 Abstract Teenage pregnancy, was once considered an epidemic in this country. What is it considered today? This research will not only focus on a whole within the United States, but it will attempt to compare and contrast why two neighboring states; Indiana and Kentucky differ so much when it comes to teenage pregnancy. What are some of the causative factors for the difference in numbers between these two states? Positive and negative effects of teenage pregnancy, along with why teenage pregnancy rates have continued to decrease since 1992, not only in the United States as a whole, but in Indiana and Kentucky as well. To conclude this research, I will discuss the practices or techniques that are being used to curb and prevent this epidemic problem. Today is April 19th, 2016 and the time is 6:00 p.m., in a suburb outside of Indianapolis, IN. Did you know that before mid-night, “23 Hoosier teenagers will become pregnant?’ This is a statistic that was released by Plan parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky in 2015 (Lieber, 2015). How can this be happening? What must we as parents, friends, educators and professional staff of this society do to educate our teens on becoming moms and dads, so early in their lives? Are these children unaware of the social impact that teenage pregnancy will have on their lives, their families, let alone the innocent child that they will soon...
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...Teen Pregnancy The amount of teens that are having sex has fluctuated since 1991, ranging from thirty-three to thirty-eight percent. And a study in 2011 reported that thirty-four percent of high school students stated that they were sexually active ("Sexually Active Teens"). And about one in five of those students are using contraception. The choices that these teens are making to not use contraception are the reason why there are numerous accounts of teen pregnancies. Is it because they are not being educated properly? Or even being educated at all on sexual education? But not being educated properly is not the only reason as to why more and more teens are getting pregnant; it could also be the media that has an effect on them as well. There are countless affects that a teen pregnancy can have on both the teen and the child. Teen pregnancies have been a problem in the United States for numerous years. Although pregnancies rates have dropped since the 1990’s, our country still has a higher teen pregnancy rate than any other country. While there are negative consequences for the mother, the infant is also at risk by being born to a teenage mother. The most common risk is a low birth weight. With a low birth weight, the child can develop long-term effects such as developmental and cognitive delays when they grow older. The cause of a low birth weight in the child is due to the mother’s prenatal care, poor diet, and stress. Statistically, babies born to teen- agers...
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...The Impact That Unmarried Teen Pregnancy Has on Society Abstract When a teenager becomes pregnant it can have many consequences to the girl, the family of the girl, and also to the child that is born to this type of society. Becoming a mother at such a young age and not being married is not well seen and has a negative financial effect to the society. There are several options available today in order to inform teenagers on how to prevent teen pregnancy. The Impact That Unmarried Teen Pregnancy Has on Society Adolescent pregnancy is widely viewed in our society as a serious problem. Each year about one million teenagers in the United States become pregnant and about 7.5 percent are between the ages of 15 through 19 (Editorial Board, 2012). This resulted in 442,000 births among teenagers in 2006 (Maynard, 2008). The United States has the highest teen pregnancy rate than any other industrialized country in the world. About a third of these teens abort their pregnancies, 14 percent suffer a miscarriage, and 52 percent take their pregnancy to a full term, 72 percent of these teenagers are out of wedlock (Maynard, 2008). Many of these teenage girls that become pregnant end up with disastrous results they either leave school altogether or miss an entire year due to the pregnancy, thus graduating a year later. They receive low grades or fail due to excessive absences related to health...
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...season three is the single teen parent, the J. Riley household. Within the household, there is Jennifer Riley age 19, mother of 2 children, a 17 month old son and 6 week old daughter, she works in food service. She has never been married and lives with her boyfriend Casey Holmes age 24. Casey is a night warehouse stocker and father to the second child. He is abusive, drinks, smokes and vandalizes cars for money and eventually ends up in jail for armed robbery and vehicular murder. Prior to his incarceration she left him and sought refuge at a shelter after being abused. A single parent usually refers to a parent who has most of the day to day responsibilities in the raising of the child or children, which would categorize them as the dominant caregiver. The dominant caregiver is the parent in which the children have residency with the majority of the time (Wikipedia). The single parent family first became recognized in 1931 (Bradbury 2000). Being a single parent has always been an issue. The only difference is that 70 years ago, a pregnant teen was a disgrace to the family and often times were shipped away to a halfway home to have the baby. Then, the baby was put up for adoption and the teen came home to never speak about it again. Today it is quite different. Today, many teenagers who become pregnant are not able to care for themselves let alone for a child not only financially but emotionally and physically as well. There are exceptions and there are teen parents who raise their...
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...Teenage Pregnancy Teen pregnancy is something that affects over one million young teens in the United States. For some, these pregnancies are planned but 85% of these teens the pregnancy is unplanned. This can cause a lot of endless problems in the life of the teen and the newborn child. There are a lot of things that can cause an unplanned teen pregnancy, such as teens experimenting with sexual encounters at a young age. Another major cause is the lack of guidance due to guardians that are blind or do not want to believe in such activities. These causes can have devastating effects on the teen and the newborn in the household. Some effects of early pregnancy will include an unexpected rise of responsibility for the teen and can cause many health concerns for both teen and newborn child. Teens experimenting are the leading cause in the unplanned pregnancies. As a teenager in high school ages there are a lot of peer pressures. Such as experimenting with alcohol and unprotected sexual intercourse. Drinking and the use of narcotics also largely have an impact on the judgment of the teen before the pre-pregnancy comes about. Experimenting can cause many effects on the teen and the relationships at hand, including the relationships with the baby’s mom or dad and also the parents of the teens. Another way of experimenting is the pregnancy caused in the sequel of either a long-time dating of the boyfriend or the other case of those random one night stands or hook-ups. Experimenting...
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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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...Community Pregnancy Project April McCormick MGT/522 September 01, 2014 Mark Holtzclaw Community Pregnancy Project Teenage pregnancy is a social problem that has existed for over a century and has always been a great concern to every nation due to the numerous adverse consequences it brings on both the economy and society at large. In the middle of the 70s, teenage pregnancy had reached an astronomical height an “epidemic” by the Alan Guttmacher Institute in a booklet entitled “11 Million Teenagers” which was widely circulated at the time (Gallagher, M., 1999). In fact, put pressure on Congress at the time to pass a bill that would increase family planning fund by hundred percent as a strategy to curtail teenage pregnancy “epidemic” (Gallagher, M., 1999). The rate of Teenage Pregnancy rose from 23.9 births per 1000 teenage female in 1975 to 31.4 in 1985 and has gotten higher to 46.4 in 1994. In the last part of the 90s, the rate had dropped by16 percent. For teenagers between 15 and 19 years, the rate of teen pregnancy had dropped by 36 percent by 2002 and 33 percent by 2004 (Gallagher, M., 1999). Until recent times, Teenage pregnancy was considered an abomination and a mockery to a family. It carried a stigma and a disgrace to the young mothers and their immediate families. The young mothers were often considered sinners and the children born out of wedlock were referred to as bastards or illegitimate. The horror and the disgrace associated with giving birth to bastards...
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...with teaching abstinence only sex education, the government has funded over a billion dollars to schools over the past ten years that have taught an abstinence only curriculum. The Grand Rapids Press affirmed, in 2008 the Bush administration gave $ 200 million to schools in the U.S. for abstinence only curriculums. In the United States, we are divided on our opinion of sex education. Sharyl Attkisson from CBS News reported in 14 states both abstinence and contraception are taught, in 19 states only teaching abstinence is required and in 17 states the state does not specify on which sex education curriculum to teach. “The National Abstinence Education Association argues that comprehensive sex education in schools doesn’t reduce the number of teens having sex”, reported in the Grand Rapids Press. But contrary to the National Abstinence Education Association a study by The Mathematica Policy Research study found that students who had received abstinence only education showed the same propensity toward having sex as students who had not been taught an abstinence only curriculum. Health officials are very concerned with the number of teenagers contracting sexually transmitted diseases. In the United States over 3 million teenage girls ages 14 to 19 have an STD. In a study done by the Center...
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...The Effects of Teenage Pregnancy Daniel E. Asante English Composition Strayer University North Charlotte Campus The Effect of Teenage Pregnancy Teenage pregnancy is a social problem that has existed for over a century and has always been a great concern to every nation due to the numerous adverse consequences it brings on both the economy and society at large. In the middle of the 70s, teenage pregnancy had reached an astronomical height that it was described as “epidemic” by the Alan Guttmacher Institute in a booklet entitled “11 Million Teenagers” which was widely circulated at the time (Gallagher, M., 1999). This, in fact, put pressure on Congress at the time to pass a bill that would increase family planning fund by hundred percent as a strategy to curtail teenage pregnancy “epidemic” (Gallagher, M., 1999). The rate of Teenage Pregnancy rose from 23.9 births per 1000 single female teenagers in 1975 to 31.4 in 1985, and to 46.4 in 1994. In the last part of the 90s, the rate had dropped by16 percent. For teenagers between 15 and 19 years, the rate of teen pregnancy had dropped by 36 per cent by 2002 and 33 per cent by 2004 (Gallagher, M., 1999). Until recent times, Teenage pregnancy was considered an abomination and a mockery to a family. It carried a stigma and a disgrace to the young mothers and their immediate families. The young mothers were often considered sinners and the children born out of wedlock were referred to as bastards or illegitimate. The horror...
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...Teen Pregnancy Sabrina Marbury COM 172 June 19, 2012 Jessie Creech Teen Pregnancy In the United States more than one million teenage girls become pregnant every year (Plotnick, 1997). Only 13% of those pregnancies are intended (Plotnick, 1997). Teen Pregnancy has been defined as a teenaged or under aged girl becoming pregnant. Getting pregnant as a teenager gives her a higher risk of running into social aspects and economical issues that surround today’s teenage parents. Teens today are not educated the way they should be on safe sex or teen pregnancy. There are some consequences, big decisions, and great responsibilities a teen has to face once she is pregnant. Most girls seem not to care about being pregnant and overlook the matter that they are carrying a human being. Having a baby at a young age affects the life of the teen as well as the life of the child. Teen pregnancy has been a major concern in society today because of the lack of education and guidance teens have about safe sex and also the effects it brings upon the child and the mother. One main cause of teen pregnancy is the lack of education ("Lack of Parental Guidance," 2004). The lack of education on safe sex is a cause of teenage pregnancy, whether it is from parents, school, or a friend ("Lack of Parental Guidance," 2004). Teenagers with less education about sex and teen pregnancy are more likely to have an unintended pregnancy. Some teenagers chose not to discuss sex with parents because they feel...
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...costs of teen pregnancy and childbearing can have short- and long-term negative consequences for teen parents, their children, and their community. Through recent research, it has been recognized that pregnancy and childbirth have a significant impact on educational outcomes of teen parents. By age 22, only around 50 percent of teen mothers have received a high school diploma and only 30 percent have earned a General Education Development (GED) certificate, whereas 90 percent of women who did not give birth during adolescence receive a high school diploma.1 Only about 10 percent of teen mothers complete a two- or four-year college program.2 Teen fathers have a 25 to 30 percent lower probability of graduating from high school than teenage boys who are not fathers.3 Children who are born to teen mothers also experience a wide range of problems. For example, they are more likely to: have a higher risk for low birth weight and infant mortality; have lower levels of emotional support and cognitive stimulation; have fewer skills and be less prepared to learn when they enter kindergarten; have behavioral problems and chronic medical conditions; rely more heavily on publicly funded health care; have higher rates of foster care placement; be incarcerated at some time during adolescence; have lower school achievement and drop out of high school; give birth as a teen; and be unemployed or underemployed as a young adult.4 These immediate and long-lasting effects continue for teen parents...
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