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    Teen pregnancy has decreased a total of 8 percent. “ in 2015 a total of 229,715 babies were born to women 15-19”(Reproductive Health:Teen Pregnancy). According to Reproductive Health:Teen Pregnancy the birth of babies dropped from 41 babies to 21 babies, births dropped per 1,000 females aged 15-19 years. Hispanic teens have more than twice the percent of teen pregnancy than white teens, black teens have a twice the percent than all the other races besides hispanic teens Teen pregnancy has more risk

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    there is a profound need to learn more about the women that are being affected. That being said, it is important to learn more about sexual and reproductive health in low-income women. In the District of Columbia, many women are living below the poverty life and are thus unable to get the help that they need in regards to their sexual and reproductive health. As researchers, there is a need to investigate why this is and what can be done

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    The Socio-Economics of Reproductive Health in Haiti Since the earthquake in 2010, Haiti has been forced to undergo extensive reconstruction efforts, both socially and economically, all while garnering massive international attention. While certain social problems existed before this natural disaster, the severity of these problems worsened in the after effect of its occurrence (“Haiti: The Challenges of Poverty Reduction 2011”). One social problem that still plagues Haitian citizens is the high

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    Reproductive Health was in 1989, albeit Boss Equity's majority assessment communicated the view that was wrong, a larger part of Judges declined to overrule finding that the issue of the legitimacy of itself was not legitimately before them. The Webster majority did, nonetheless welcome states to finish laws forbidding fetus removal to test Roe with the goal that the Court would have the capacity to specifically address the issue. Before long, the region of Guam and two states Louisiana and Utah

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    the next generation. Child bearing during adolescence is associated with adverse outcomes such as: maternal and fetal health risk, infected with sexual transmitted diseases, more often face poverty, and the loss of social and economic opportunities as a result of less formal education (Krugu, Mevissen, Prinsen, Ruiter, 2016). This paper will elaborate teens’ experience on sex health, nurses’ role in this phenomenon, and key findings in literatures. Ultimately, finding the meaning of how does families

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    at marriage is complex. The length of time a girl remains in formal school reduces her time spent in marriage during her reproductive life, and in turn shortens her window of childbearing years. Furthermore, by forcefully removing girls from school at an early age they are unable to receive the proper information and knowledge involving sexual and reproductive rights and health (Myers & Harvey 2011; Jain & Kurz 2007). Often under pressure from her husband, family, and society to prove her fertility

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    receive funding because despite getting government aid, the establishment is so much more.   Planned Parenthood is an American company that specializes in health care, more specifically, in contraception and reproductive health.[ Laura Basset, “Indiana Shut Down Its Rural Planned Parenthood Clinics And Got An HIV Outbreak” (March 31st, 2015) ] The health care services are offered to women and men who want to be educated on the information or are not financially able to afford going to hospitals to get

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    RUNNING HEAD: ADDRESSING ADOLESCENT REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHCARE 1 5 ADDRESSING ADOLESCENT REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHCARE SOWK 522 Assignment #4: ADDRESSING ADOLESCENT REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHCARE MOROCCO Orion C. Brutoco April 25, 2017 Kristie Holmes Ph.D, LCSW Child marriage, also known as Child, Early, and Forced Marriage (CEFM), by the United States Agency of International Development (USAID), is an issue of global proportions. Since, the problem itself crosses multiple

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    Sexual behavior and the reproductive health of adolescents have emerged into radical public health matters (Danawi, 2016). For years, schools have aimed to save sex education for high school students, but now with the rising numbers in unintended teen pregnancies, there needs to be a transition into contraceptive education at an earlier age. There are many threats that are posed with ineffective education regarding contraceptives and fertility control. For global health to be attained; younger

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    If a health clinic providing basic services to the world’s most vulnerable people is withheld the large amount of foreign assistance that currently comes from the United States government, all diseases will flourish, including epidemics such as Zika and Ebola (Barry-Jester, 2016). We contribute to more unstable political environments (Crimm, 2007, p.615) and more refugees that we increasingly refuse to help when we take away aid that would countries meet the needs of their citizens. The Mexico City

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