Child support in the United States

concern linked to increased risks of harmful behaviors, abortions, negative social and birth outcomes (Feldman, 2012). According to Moeller, Veseau, and Carr while the rates of pregnancy and childbirth among adolescents under the age of 20 in the United States have fallen since 1990 it is not expected to disappear entirely and remains a national problem (2007). Pregnancy in adolescence has been connected to a variety of unfavorable maternal and infant outcomes. Health risks for teens and their…

As a child could you imagine what it would be like not to know your parents, or to know them but not be allowed to see them? There are many people today that are in an adoptive or foster situation, many who wonder who they are and who their parents are, sometimes this can cause problems. Other problems apply to both the child and the birth parents. Many times parents will put their kids up for adoption as a result of a current situation, financial or other. Parents of these children should be…

the United States obese or overweigh is a serious problem that affects every community, especially children; at least one of every five children is diagnosed with overweight. Children diagnosed with overweight can develop chronic diseases such as diabetes or heart disease. Also, it is important to identify the symptoms of obesity, for the reason that, not all children are considered overweight or obese because carrying extra pounds, some children have larger body frames than a regular child of…

Introduction The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) defines food insecurity as “limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate and safe foods or limited or uncertain ability to acquire acceptable foods in socially acceptable ways.”1 Nearly 12% of people living in Virginia are considered food insecure, and these rates are even higher in the southeastern portion of the state. The cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth have food insecurity rates close to 19%.2 Many of these…

of sexual abuse. In the United States, sexual abuse is one of the widespread problem. According to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (2010) report, in 2008 there were more than 70,000 children were victims of sexual abuse. Furthermore, children below the age of 18 years, 25% girls and 16% of boys are sexually abused. Pediatric nurse practitioners (PNP) will most likely encounter sexually abused children in their practice. A competent medical evaluation for child sexual abuse…

In the United States more than half of all pregnancies are unintended. Unintended pregnancy is when it is either untimed or unwanted. If a woman wanted to become pregnant in the future but not at the moment she became pregnant it’s untimed but if she didn’t want to become pregnant at any time in the near future or at the time it is unwanted. According to the National Survey of Family Growth of 2006-2008, 29% of pregnancies were untimed, 19% were unwanted and of these 43% ended in abortion. (Moss…

Although the average wage for the middle class is decreasing, the wage for the upper class is increasing; a considerably clear and perfect example of the inequality in the United States. It is extremly unfair that the upper class if collecting nearly 90 percent of the wealth, yet choose to not spend it in bundles. They consider themselves “the job creators”, although they are not the ones spending their wages, nearly as much as the average consumer. With this continuous inequality, the gap…

catastrophically huge. Research studies indicate that, children link negative images with their obese state starting at six years old As the years go on, that child can most likely be subject to bullying, teasing and judgment from peers, etc. Children can become emotionally unstable if subjected to these environments. Childhood obesity has not only mental effects, but physical ones as well. As the child grows up, problems like type two diabetes, high cholesterol, fatty liver disease, etc. are…

became legal in the United States in 1973 it has been one of the most controversial subjects in politics, and there is a good reason for this. For those who think life begins at conception they consider this operation barbaric and cruel, while those who want a woman to do what is best for her, believe that this surgery is a great way to get rid of unwanted pregnancies. However whether one is for or against abortion statistics show that it has been very helpful in the United States. Legalizing…

High Risk of Reoffending One of the liveliest debates over the United States’ imprisonment system today (as well as the systems of other countries) concerns juvenile offenders. On the one hand, the debate consists of acknowledging that they are children. It is believed that juvenile offenders have not had the chance to fully mold their lives, and are very often merely products of the environments in which they have grown up. On the other hand, it is proven that many juveniles are capable of…