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    abundance of crime. Although get extraordinary amounts of funding from the government, does money really fix these problems? The lack of a good education will continue to walk all over the Native American people. About 637,000 of Native Americans live on reservations or trust lands. Studies show more and more teen pregnancies continue to happen on reservations. Not many people with degrees decide to teach on reservations, so it’s hard to find enough teachers.…

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    Down's Syndrome

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    the United States of America. 90 percent of people with Down’s syndrome live over the age of 5 years old. The occurrence of Down’s syndrome in young children to young adults was 1 in 971.”(American Academy of Pediatrics, 2009). Around half of children with Down’s syndrome have congenital heart defects and this disorder increases the risk of having leukemia. The risk of a child having Down’s syndrome increases after the age of 35 in mothers. Around 88% of all cases of Down’s syndrome come from…

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    teenage pregnancy in the state of Mississippi is one of the most pressing problems being faced by the government of Mississippi. This paper will focus on the health issue of unintended teen pregnancy in the state of Mississippi focusing specifically on teen pregnancy. An overview of teen pregnancy issue will be provided. An analysis of the current policies and programs in place will be presented. There will be recognition and analysis of policy options that can be used to promote teen pregnancy…

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    younger. When talking regards the relationship between childhood sexual abuse and teenage pregnancy, the 59th volume of Journal of Marriage and the Family stated: "Pregnancy rates also varied significantly by the severity of sexual abuse, with 21% of nonabused women, 9% of contact molestation victims, 39% of coercion victims, 26% of attempted rape victims, and 43% of rape victims having a teenage pregnancy. " Definition of "sexual coercion": to dominate one sexually by forcing or…

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    Your family may despise you for getting pregnant at a young age. Or just because you got pregnant. I know that from experience. My aunt got pregnant, then had an abortion. My family was disgusted with her and was going to kick her out if she did not abort it. Also, people in very bad or unstable relationships, having…

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    elective abortion. Most women felt “relief” from their elective abortion, not because they killed their baby, but because life stress they believe would be more harmful for themselves and the baby (Women on web, n.d.). Unintended pregnancies, when carried through pregnancy and born, are related to antepartum and postpartum depression (Biggs, Neuhaus, & Foster, 2015). The research so far as not concluded that abortions affect women 's mental health (Steinberg and Rubin, 2014). Biggs et al.…

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    foster child 's medical welfare is among the most imperative of the state 's obligations. Pregnancy prevention is a unique component of medical welfare and long-term well-being. Indeed, it I stand out as a responsibility that the State must fulfill to counteract the likelihood of diminished life outcomes that so many former foster children face. However, like many problems facing foster children, pregnancy is noticed, yet…

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    Prenatal Care Cost

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    dollars is spent due to teen pregnancies. Even before the baby is born, money has to be spent on prenatal care of the baby. This prenatal care is essential to the health of the baby. On average, the cost of prenatal care is around $2,000 over the course of the pregnancy. Vitamins are one of the most important thing to buy, since they are needed to prevent birth defects in the baby’s neural tubes. Childbirth classes are also an added expense. These cost an additional 50 to 200 dollars for a…

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    Teaching patients about gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) before and during pregnancies are both very important. It would be great if all patients could be informed about GDM before they become pregnant so they could get a healthy start to their pregnancy and possibly prevent GDM from occurring. It is also important for patients to know how to live a healthy lifestyle before and during pregnancy. The nurse may be the first to provide information to their patients and can play a key role in…

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    The median age at which Australian first having sexual intercourse is 17, lying in the teenage group of age (Marino, 2016). According to Better Health Channel, 50% of all Australian teenagers in Year 12 have had sex and one in four of them do not use contraception, leading to countless unexpected pregnancies and hence, teenage parenthood. The positive reducing number of adolescent mothers over the year (Figure 1) however does not imply that the processes of pregnancy and parenting would have any…

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