Teenage pregnancy is a prominent dilemma in our nation because it continues to place adolescents into delinquency. According to the United States Health and Human Services, three out of ten American teen girls will become pregnant at least once before they reach the age of twenty. That is nearly 750,000 teen pregnancies in a year (1) (HHS Pg.2 2014). Also according to U.S. Department of State, teen pregnancy budgets the United States and tax payers approximately seven billion dollars annually (2)
Chase-Lansdale, 1998). Nearly 50% of sexually transmitted diseases are acquired by young men and women aged 15 to 24 (Satterwhite et al., 2013). While teenage childbearing has decreased significantly in the past century, there has been an increased rate of sexual activity, illegitimacy, and welfare receipt that raises public concerns (Coley & Chase-Lansdale, 1998). Teenage pregnancy leads to a plethora of negative consequences for both mother and child. Educational effects include lower academic achievement
woman 's primary “mission, profession, and an inseparable part of her nature,” (Leskosek 2011). In contemporary society, however, negative social and biological consequences are associated with young maternity in developed areas (Kramer et al. 2010). Teenage pregnancy is defined as encompassing all pregnancies between the ages of 10 and 19, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) (Males 1992). According to a 2010 study, teen motherhood is “discouraged, debated as a public health issue and considered
The public sector cost in 2004 is $950 million dollars for teenage births (Hoffman, 2006). Billions of taxpayer dollars are spent every year to care and support teenage births. Although teen pregnancy has declined in the past, the United States is still number one out of all industrialized countries of teen pregnancies. Therefore, implementing an in depth sex education class covering parenting in schools will allow teens to fully understand he consequences of having protected or unprotected sex.
second incarnation of MTV's number one rated reality mini-series 16 and Pregnant. The show documents the lives of four teenage mothers as they struggle to cope with the every day challenges, financial and emotional, a woman faces while raising her first infant child. All while trying to navigate through the journey of adolescence. Once catering primarily to the music oriented teenage consumer of the 1980s and 1990s, MTV has since reinvented itself as a reality television repository for tweens, teens
reported, such as higher rates of sexually transmitted diseases, hypertension, anemia, pregnancy induced hypertension and low maternal weight gain. There is also an increased risk of low birth weight and premature labor and delivery. According to teenage pregnancy and its obstetric outcome "Knowing the burden of pregnancy, teenagers will go a long way in advocacy and devising appropriate intervention measures" (Rao, Ramya, Batchu & Reddy, 2017). Pregnant teens need to receive proper education and
Chapter I The Problems and its Background Introduction National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy says that teenage pregnancy is occurring in an adolescent girl between the ages of 13 to 18. Socioeconomic is one factor in which is the social and economic experiences that help mold one's personality, attitudes, and lifestyle. It can also define regions and neighborhoods. Socioeconomic factors also include the ethnicity, and sense of community. Socioeconomic status is based
Teenage pregnancy is a reoccurring problem within the United States. On average, nearly 750,000 American teenagers become pregnant each year. This issue needs to be solved, and there are many ways to accomplish this problem. One way is to provide birth control, without a prescription, to teenagers who are sexually active. Another way is to discontinue shows such as “16 and Pregnant,” which encourage teens to be sexually active and makes teens think pregnancy is not a major issue. More teenagers are
higher premiums (Sultz & Young, 2014, p.298). For the 40% of teen mothers in the U.S, they place this burden on society. Many teen mothers deal with decreased economic outcomes due to poor educational success (Patel & Sen, 2012, p.1063). The impact of teenage parenting on government expenditures totaled $11.3 billion in aid (Patel & Sen, 2012, p.1063). Today, expenditures of Medicare and Medicaid programs, constitute 40% of all healthcare spending (Sultz & Young, 2014, p.313). This program, aims to provide
pregnancy and STIs, instead of stressing the importance of abstinence. The US has teenage pregnancy rates three times higher than France and four times higher than the Netherlands (Feijoo 2011). Even with limited data on Europe's STI rates, one can still tell that the rate of transmission in the United States is much higher than it is in Europe (2011). The main reason as to why these countries have lower rates of teenage pregnancy and STI's has to do with both their sex education in the school system