Teenage pregnancy

Did you know that 11.6 million immigrants are living in the U.S.A. right now. (1) I ask why are they starting to migrate to our country why not stay in there country. What is so bad about there country where they have to flee. Nearly 46% of all immigrants are hispanic. Most of the immigrants that come to our country are hispanic origin. The number of hispanic is 46% that is nearly half of the immigrants that are coming into our country. Usually they come from Mexico or Cuba. The median age of…

Cote D‘lvoire is a developing country that has a few major problems. They do not have a very high life expectancy.. They have an expectancy to vinyl live to 51.5 years.. Schooling is only for an average of 8.9 years and in the us it is 13+ years. For them they have a teacher for every 41 kids.. Although there is only 82 teachers registered in Cote D’lvoire. Males tend to attend school longer than females. Males go for a mean of 5.3 years and females go for a mean of 3.2 years. With the…

Many States have increased the driving age from 16 to 18. This was brought to my State's School board's attention because of safety concerns. This seems to be a very controversial issue, mostly among the teenagers and adults. They honestly should just leave the situation, at hand alone, because it's time for kids to grow up, it is never too early to learn new things, and it helps parents out. First of all, with all of the technological advancements and new and improved things being…

Having unprotected sex can cause unplanned pregnancies. There are many problems that can come with unplanned pregnancies especially if you are not financially prepared and do not have loved ones who are there to support you. If you are alone through your pregnancy then it will be very hard if you are not a very strong woman in the first place. You will end up starting your life earlier than you should since you now have someone other than yourself to take care of. You will have to mature and…

Nine participants made the choice not to include either parent or caregivers in their decision-making process. All thirty-one participants voluntarily made the choice to tell at least one person, such as a boyfriend or schoolteacher about their pregnancy. The need for physical and mental support are two critical factors involved when making the decision whether or not to disclose abortion information with parents. Many girls needed financial assistance, and some felt as if a disclosure was…

required to take a parenting class. In The U.S. teen pregnancy, birth, and abortion rates are substantially higher than those of other western countries. If teens were required to take a parenting class the numbers might be reduced then teens would know how hard it is to take care of a baby and do everything they normally do. Many teens are sexually active and not all teens understand the responsibility that can come from that some being: pregnancy, birth, abortion, and even STD’s. If teens…

Teens are quicker to become pregnant than adults, which is why they should be able to get on birth control on their own. There was some research in Texas about teen pregnancy. They found out that teen pregnancy is higher in foster children than in the general population. Foster children who become parents usually get separated from their children. Their children usually end up in the system as well. The national teen rate for girls in foster care is roughly twice as high as the general…

drugs and they have ways of getting alcohol without buying it themselves, or without buying it legally. Sometimes, if they cannot find the drugs or alcohol they want, they will even trade sex for the drugs or alcohol. And sex could lead to teen pregnancy or aids. Thirdly, teens like to go out partying and most like to party hard and party hard means they go so hard they don’t remember what happened the next day. They will either take really powerful drugs or just a lot of them or they will…

Background Teen pregnancy is by definition “age 13 to 19, which is understood to occur in a girl who hasn’t completed her core education—secondary school—has few or no marketable skills, is financially dependent upon her parents and/or continues to live at home and is mentally immature”(Segen 's Medical Dictionary). Teen pregnancy is not a new phenomenon, but has only become a problem when the average age of pregnancy went up. For females ages 15 (2011) make up 23 out of every 1000 births…

Teen pregnancy is a well recognized problem and community health nurses (CHN) are in a great position to apply measures to reduce its occurrence and lessen the impact pregnancy has on a teen and her baby when it happens. Using an upstream perspective, the community health nurse should critically assess factors contributing to a teen’s pregnancy and gather information about the teen’s perception on that topic, their satisfaction with sex education, barriers to obtain contraceptives, and…