Does Wealth Contribute To Good Health

Teen pregnancy is an issue in United States, it is one issue that should wait until teens are married and know what they are doing with their lives. This issue came about in the early in the 1950’s – 1960’s. Teen pregnancy is a teenage girl between the ages 13-19 (girls who haven’t reached adulthood) having unwanted or wanted babies. Janet Bode once stated in her book, “Emotions run everywhere, scared, sad, disappointment and preparation for what is about to happen” (Bode 51). If we do not act now, teen pregnancy will be out the roof. Teen pregnancy needs a stop put to it no matter what, teens are still children themselves and they are still learning how to take care of themselves:

Over the last few decades the rates in teen pregnancy have been a debate; did they rise over the past few years or did they actually decline? Contrary to some doctors and politicians the numbers associated with teen pregnancy have decline over the last couple of years. Although there are still people out there who believe this to be an issue it’s made more of an issue than it actually is. The ads and commercials are set out to scare teen-agers into believing that were at an all time high for this issue, but realistically its actually the exact opposite. Teen pregnancy rates haven’t dropped on there over the course of the years. There are a few major factors that have contributed a great deal to this change. Those changes include but are not limited to: more resources being available to these teenagers to prevent themselves from becoming pregnant, society is more open to talking about this issue as well as the religion and culture change aspect of families today. Despite the beliefs of others, teen pregnancy rates are at an all time low for the first time in decades.

Across America, many teen pregnancy are becoming popular. Many students have been educated on this topic, while other have not. When teens make the faulty decision, they do not know about the consequences that come with it. Consequences end up in having a child, and having a child is a lot of responsibility. Teens tend not to have much responsibility as important as taking care of a child.

There have been various attempts to stall this menace in the USA but the approaches have always looked at the issue of teenage pregnancy as a religious and family value issue hence missing the point at all times. There must be a cultural and social consensus that the issue of sexuality is a normal and healthy segment of an individual's life and that by wide and far, the sexual intercourse is part of the wider teen population life because at the age of 16 years, 40% of Americans have already had sexual intercourse. These are facts that cannot be ignored by any segment of the society.

One major problem in America’s society today is teen pregnancy rates. In fact, “teen sexual activity, pregnancy, and childbearing are associated with substantial social, economic, and health costs” (Sedgwick). However, this problem is not one without a solution. The rise of teen pregnancy rates can be prevented and reversed by providing better access to birth control for teens, eliminating the negative connotation that accompanies abstinence, and implementing more efficient sex education in public schools.

"Declines in teenage pregnancies can be achieved through two mechanisms--changes in sexual behavior and changes in contraceptive use. Some observers have claimed that the declines are the result of increased abstinence..."(Darooch 2016). The key to a decline in teenage pregnancy and an increase in higher education is through abstinence. Teens need to be exposed to ways to stay free from sexual behaviors and encouraged by peers to stay pure. To keep teens included in family life and sure in their future will encourage them to stay safe and secure their lives. No one can make a teenager choose to stay away from sexual activity except themselves but influences from the outside will determine their answer tithe inevitable question at a party or on a date. Abstinence is not old fashioned, it is current and real and what should be elevated in society. America needs to turn around and look at where they are headed with young people and evaluate whether or not it is what they want to be making the desk ions for the world in years to

Society in general is currently addressing the social problem of teen pregnancy in several ways. One of the most important is an increase in parent’s willingness to not only bring the issue up and discuss it with their children, but also allowing educators to address the issue in schools.

The author presents a few evidence to support their argument in a way that one’s insight can be clearer of what is written. As said before socioeconomic status influences multiple disease outcomes, where it discovered that the society’s poor and less privileged people lives in the worst health and die much younger than the more privileged people. It is said that they are at more risk of death for those being at their lowest

The High School I attended had at least one girl in every grade that was pregnant, and some of them with their second child. According to The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, for every 1,000 teenage girls in New Hampshire, 29 of them are pregnant. This is the lowest amount of teen girls pregnant in each state, the highest number of teen pregnancies is in New Mexico at 72 teen age girls pregnant per 1,000. The capital of our country has more teen girls than that, that are pregnant, at 79 teen girls pregnant per 1,000. Abstinence is taught by health teachers across the country, yet there were still 553,000 teen pregnancies in the united states in 2011 alone (Teen Pregnancy). These pregnancies do not come from students being abstinent, however abstinence is still being

Wealth is the strongest determinant of health in The United States of America as well as in other thriving nations, however the relationship between wealth and health is on the rise in the United States. A high socioeconomic, which is associated with wealth, is linked to a number of benefits that are profoundly connected with health outcomes. These benefits include higher-level education, employment, environment, food, and health care. Although many of the factors contribute to health status differences, access to health insurance and health care services could help to reduce disparities. While lower family income generally means a lower probability of having employer-based insurance, African Americans were less likely to have job-based insurance at all income levels compared to their white counterparts for many years (UCLA, 2000), prior to Obama care. Even African Americans who receive similar education to Whites, are more likely to live in poverty compared to a their white counterparts Black patients compared to any other lower socioeconomic position are least likely to receive medical services.

Teen pregnancy is one of the many problems that America could honestly do without. In fact, America has the worlds highest teen pregnancy rate. Teen pregnancy increases the population, however, this is completely unnecessary. the economy would also improve without teens getting pregnant, in fact, teen pregnancy is a problem no one should have to go through.

A topic in American society that has proved to be an ongoing, and growing issue is that none other than teen pregnancy. In recent years, teen pregnancy rates have been increasing, which ultimately led to the topics increase of public and media attention. In American society teen pregnancy is often associated with negligence, as well as being irresponsible. In American society sex education for children is underdeveloped and instead society tends to use fear and shame to highlight/combat the dangers of unsafe or underage sex. American society uses fear to instill the idea that if you become pregnant as a teenager you are a burden to society. Along with fear society loves to shame its young women who have unfortunately stumbled upon the

What Impacts “good health?” Well, there are numerous factors that influence good health. People have a one-of-a-kind desire and capacity related to the existing level in their lives. One of the greatest differences in the United States is that some locations are healthy, and others are not. There is very little discussion about these disparities by policy makers or the public at large. Health care professionals must tackle these problems and barriers that make health care provision a fortifying part of U.S. government and economics (Knickman & Kovner, 2016, p.6).

Many teenagers are now becoming parents these days. In fact, from the ages of 15-19, there were 249,078 babies born in the United States. (1) Many of these unwanted pregnancies can be prevented with the help sexual education. Yes, in some schools there is sexual education. But, if it was in every school many of these could have possibly been prevented. At the school I attend, sexual education is not offered. We are faced with several unwanted pregnancies, and with sexual education, I think these could be prevented.

"Teen pregnancy in the United States: In 2015, a total of 229,715 babies were born to women aged 15-19 years old, for a birth rate of 22.3 per 1,000 women in this age group. This is another record for U.S. teens and a drop of 8% from 2014. Although reasons for the declines are not totally clear, evidence suggests these declines are due to more teens abstaining from sexual activity, and more teens who are sexually active using birth control than in previous years. Still, the U.S. teen pregnancy rate is substantially higher than in other western industrialized nations, and racial/ethnic and geographic disparities in teen birth rates persist (cdc.gov)." As teenagers (in the United States), we are peer pressured or tempted to try new things. Some teens tend to try out drugs, and alcohol. However, some are having unprotected sex in which, is leads to having babies. This is called, teenage pregnancy. This has caused the United States to create records based off of the statistics and facts given from, researchers across the United States. In order to help prevent teenage pregnancy in the United States, teenagers must understand why, having a baby now isn’t such a smart move on their part.