...GOVERNMENT STRATEGIES IN TACKLING TEENAGE PREGNANCY IN ENGLAND Name of student Class name Instructor’s name Name of school Date ABSTRACT Teenage pregnancy is one of the major problems affecting the United Kingdom’s not only the health sector but also all other sectors. The problem has slowly been increasing and through its associated negative impacts has affected the economic status of the country due to increased number of school drop-outs. Accessibility to health and contraception services has been one of the major causes of teenage pregnancy more in England than any other western European countries. Due to the severity of the associated effects of teenage pregnancies in the country, the government has developing ways to minimize or rather mitigate the increasing rate of teenage pregnancies in England. The paper addresses the extent of how government initiated strategies has impacted on the overall teenage pregnancies problem. DEDICATION (OPTIONAL) TABLE OF CONTENT ABSTRACT 2 DEDICATION (OPTIONAL) 3 CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 5 Introduction 5 Background 5 Problem statement 6 Research Question 6 Research Objective 7 Main Objective 7 Specific objectives 7 Research Justification 7 Literature search strategy 7 CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW 9 Introduction 9 Government role in addressing teenage pregnancy 9 Barriers towards teenage pregnancy reduction 10 Bibliography 12 ...
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...GOVERNMENT STRATEGIES IN TACKLING TEENAGE PREGNANCY IN ENGLAND Name of student Class name Instructor’s name Name of school Date ABSTRACT Teenage pregnancy is one of the major problems affecting the United Kingdom’s not only the health sector but also all other sectors. The problem has slowly been increasing and through its associated negative impacts has affected the economic status of the country due to increased number of school drop-outs. Accessibility to health and contraception services has been one of the major causes of teenage pregnancy more in England than any other western European countries. Due to the severity of the associated effects of teenage pregnancies in the country, the government has developing ways to minimize or rather mitigate the increasing rate of teenage pregnancies in England. The paper addresses the extent of how government initiated strategies has impacted on the overall teenage pregnancies problem. DEDICATION (OPTIONAL) TABLE OF CONTENT ABSTRACT 2 DEDICATION (OPTIONAL) 3 CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 5 Introduction 5 Background 5 Problem statement 6 Research Question 6 Research Objective 7 Main Objective 7 Specific objectives 7 Research Justification 7 Literature search strategy 7 CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW 9 Introduction 9 Government role in addressing teenage pregnancy 9 Barriers towards teenage pregnancy reduction 10 Bibliography 12 ...
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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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...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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...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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...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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...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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...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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...Risky Adolescent Sexual Behavior: The Lack of Parental Supervision and Family Structure At the brink of the twenty-first century, some of the most controversial social issues come from the lack of parental supervision and family structure in the home; some of these issues include teenage pregnancy, statutory rape and the possibility of engaging in sexual activities that result in catching one or more sexually transmitted diseases. One might have a belief that engaging in sexual activity at a young age or before marriage is an immoral act. However, when adolescents grow up by themselves, they struggle to learn a normal sense of morality. Thus, lack of parental supervision and family structure in the home has a negative effect on adolescent sexual behavior. Social norms are the criteria that are used in today’s society in order to differentiate between right from wrong and what is considered normal and what is considered simply absurd. One of the “social norms” that society looks upon as abnormal is the lack of parental supervision and family structure in the home. People in this society tend to insinuate that parents should teach their children right from wrong, as they develop into young adults entering into the “real world”. Sexual Intercourse is natural and usually occurs in every person’s lifetime; however, when there is a lack of supervision and family structure in the home an adolescent’s sexual behavior begins to go astray. Rex Forehand, et al.(1999) states in the article...
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...Research Outline Name: Institution: Topic: The Effects of Media on Teenage Pregnancy and Childbearing Outcomes Hypothesis: The teenage girls that are exposed to watching television are more likely to become teenage mothers than the ones that are not. Abstract The study will look into the effects the specific programmes have on the sexual behaviour of teenage girls. The specific program that will be understudy is the MTV franchise called 16 and Pregnant and how the reality series that show how a teenage mother struggles with her life influence the teenage girls. I Introduction The MTV show is quite popular among the young people but it is hard to tell whether teenage girls are influenced by such TV programmes and whether the influence is positive or negative. The impact of the program 16 and Pregnant on American teenagers will be studied in this paper to determine whether the teenage girls exposed to this program are bound to make decisions based on what they view on the program. The rate at which teenage pregnancies are happening in America is alarming and this is the reason why this study is carried out. To determine whether media is playing a role in the trend and to which extent the media is responsible for the vice. II Background a. Content of TV shows b. Previous study on the effect of media on teenage pregnancies III Description of data a. Twitter b. Nielson Data c. Google trends IV A descriptive Analysis of the Exposure V Empirical Methodology a. Analyzing...
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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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...EARLY PREGNANCY: ITS RISKS AND HARM ________________________________________________________________ In Partial Fullment Of The Requirements In English IV F.Bangoy National Highschool Sasa, Davao City ________________________________________________________________ A Research Paper Presented To: Arvin Maturan Genovate English IV Teacher ________________________________________________________________ By: Rhea Lyca Suarez, Angelo Jadloc, May Ann Ganas Jon Boni Podador, Analyn Naquila, Alvin Cabusora John Mark Desierto, Michelle Cabagong, Jovelyn Roxas ________________________________________________________________ December 2014 TABLE OF CONTENTS I . CHAPTER 1 Acknowledgement……………………………………………………………………1 Introduction…………………………………………………………………………….2 Objectives of the Study……………………………………………………………....3 Significance of the Study…………………………………………………………….4 Statement of the Problem……………………………………………………………5 Advantages and Disadvantages of Early Pregnancy…………………………...6 Definition of Terms………………………………………………………………… 7-8 II . CHAPTER 2 Review of Related Literature…………………………………………………….9-10 III. CHAPTER 3 Research Methodology………………………………………………………….11-13 * Research Instruments * Research Procedure * Research Design IV . CHAPTER 4 Presentation, Analysis and Interpretation Data…………………………….14-23 * July 11 World Population Day * Their health and their future * The changing social context * Education Information * Latest Survey Result...
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...Submission date: 05/05/2015 Assignment Topic: In South Africa, teenage pregnancy is on rise as a result of how these teenagers make sense of their sexuality. In South African adolescent marks the transition from childhood to adulthood, which in some instances is filled with a period of opportunities, challenges, changes, skills, pressures and physical, cognitive and psychosocial development. Teenagers are faced with an immense amount of peer pressure, physiological and emotional changes, sexual experimentation that increases the risk of pregnancy or sexually transmitted disease. While many teenagers may engage in pre-marital sex some never become pregnant. Teenage pregnancy has become all too common in this day and age. Some teenagers think it will not happen to them and do not use necessary precautions to protect themselves against pregnancy. There are several causes for teen pregnancy and the effects can be life changing. Research done has indicated that there is not one single cause to teenage pregnancy, but there are whole host of causes to this pandemic. Factors that can contribute to the number of teenagers who fall pregnant are for example, gender power imbalances (associated with significantly older partners in particular), early sexual debut, barriers to contraceptive use (seldom used at sexual initiation), and misinformation on sexual health matters. Pregnancy at a very young age may result in pregnancy complications that can lead to the death of the young mother...
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...Introduction When a teenage girl gets pregnant, this phenomenon is called teenage pregnancy. Teenage pregnancy is treated differently in many cultures. A great number of countries, mostly in Asia treat it like a regular thing due to their traditions and peculiarities of the culture. But the Western civilization treats teenage pregnancy like a negative phenomenon, because young people are supposed to study and have normal years of life, without burden and big problems. Unfortunately, teenage pregnancy is quite a frequent thing. Every day we can hear about the cases when a 15-year-old girl has got pregnant and parents do not know what to do. Teenagers are too young to be allowed to get married, and a child commonly lives in single parent family (very often it is difficult to identify the father of the baby). The most common decision of the teenagers and their parents is to get rid of pregnancy. Abortion in such a young age is quite a regular thing nowadays, because a baby is a great responsibility and one can not study and work having it. On the other hand abortion influences the girl’s body badly and it is the next problem. So, the topic is extremely urgent in modern society and nearly every student is asked to prepare a research paper on teenage pregnancy and analyze the problem deeply. Students have to spend much time to discover some cultural aspects and points of view towards teenage pregnancy of different people of the world. They have to brainstorm good methods and...
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...At what age should people start having children? Teenage pregnancy is one of the many growing problems in our community today and is a serious matter that requires immediate attention. It is a subject often debated amongst doctors, psychologists, social workers, and ordinary citizens. A teenager is never equipped for the responsibility that comes with childbearing. Despite efforts to discourage teenagers from having babies, teenage pregnancy is a growing trend in our community. While a number of people might say that the community should embrace the idea of Teenage pregnancy, and accept the teenager having sex, it is evident that Teenage pregnancy is having a negative impact on our community. The effects of pregnancy on a teenager can be intense and long-lasting, not only physical but emotional and psychological; they are lifelong. Teenage pregnancy is one of the loudest problems in our community and the community should responds to such problem with creative solution such as birth control, providing more options to pregnant teenagers, educating both parent and teenagers about sex. First, Teenagers are engaging in sexually activities at a very high rate and they need a way to prevent unwanted pregnancy. The distribution of birth control amongst teens is a much-needed practice. Many adults do not agree with the idea of birth control, because they feel that their teenagers will be more sexually active. Providing birth control to teenagers only increases a teenager’s responsibility...
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