...UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTHERN CARIBBEAN MARACAS ROYAL ROAD, MARACAS, ST. JOSEPH. A Research Essay An Assignment Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Course ENGL215-04 ENGLISH COMPOSITION II INSTRUCTOR: Ms. Shelley Lyons By Kareese Spann 2 December 2014 Approval………………. Abstract This essay looked at how the environment influences teenage pregnancy in the United States. The purpose of this essay is to identify how preeminent teenage pregnancy has become in teens ages fourteen and up, how famous it has become in the United States and how the majority of teens do not finish their education after becoming pregnant. The sources used in this essay provide the necessary information needed for readers to understand why and how a teenagers environment has become influential for them becoming pregnant. Teenage pregnancy is affecting teens by causing them to drop out of school and not finish their education which later results in a limited amount of choices when choosing a career. Outline Thesis: The social life of teenagers influences teenage pregnancy through pressure from peers, too much access to the media and lack of sex education from parents and teachers in the United States. I. Peer pressure in the United States is the major factor influencing teenage pregnancy in the U.S. A. During adolescence, teenagers often feel pressure to make friends and fit in with their peers. B. Many times these...
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...STUDENTS TO PREVENT TEENAGE PREGNANCY CHAPTER I THE PROBLEM: RATIONALE AND BACKGROUND Rationale In the breakthrough of modern age, people have become less disciplined and liberated. Our youth, which is supposed to be the future of our society, have become wayward into the wrong path. They are engaged in criminal activities, vices, dangerous groups and etc. Right now, one of the biggest crisis that we are facing is the increasing percentage of teenage pregnancy. In such a young age, teenagers stop going to school because of unintentionally becoming pregnant. Some may choose to continue going to school but commonly, most of them cease to go to school and choose to stay at home because of certain circumstances such as fearing the judgment of other people. From 2000 to 2010, the number of live births by teenage mothers in the Philippines rose by more than 60 percent, latest data from the National Statistics Office showed. We could somehow conclude that the number of dropouts increased in the past school years. As I cited above, we know that teenage pregnancy is becoming a threat in our academic development. That is why, I propose of implementing rules in dealing with romantic relationships among selected MNHS to prevent teenage pregnancy. I. Statement of the Problem The main problem of the study is to determine the effectiveness of implementing rules in dealing with romantic relationships among selected MNHS students to prevent teenage pregnancy. Specifically, it...
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...Media on Teenage Pregnancy and Childbearing Outcomes Hypothesis: The teenage girls that are exposed to watching television are more likely to become teenage mothers than the ones that are not. Abstract The study will look into the effects the specific programmes have on the sexual behaviour of teenage girls. The specific program that will be understudy is the MTV franchise called 16 and Pregnant and how the reality series that show how a teenage mother struggles with her life influence the teenage girls. I Introduction The MTV show is quite popular among the young people but it is hard to tell whether teenage girls are influenced by such TV programmes and whether the influence is positive or negative. The impact of the program 16 and Pregnant on American teenagers will be studied in this paper to determine whether the teenage girls exposed to this program are bound to make decisions based on what they view on the program. The rate at which teenage pregnancies are happening in America is alarming and this is the reason why this study is carried out. To determine whether media is playing a role in the trend and to which extent the media is responsible for the vice. II Background a. Content of TV shows b. Previous study on the effect of media on teenage pregnancies III Description of data a. Twitter b. Nielson Data c. Google trends IV A descriptive Analysis of the Exposure V Empirical Methodology a. Analyzing Google and twitter activities b. Analyzing teenage pregnancies...
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...Teen Pregnancy—A Social Issue After researching various statistics, I found that premarital pregnancy is quite prevalent in teenagers throughout the world. Teen pregnancy is one of the most difficult experiences a young person might ever face when it interrupts school or other plans. It can create an emotional crisis resulting in feelings of shame and fear, and it may appear that you will crumble under pressures in your environment. The stress of how one would break the news to their parents might be even greater, and finding help may seem an impossible task. People might think that they can help others, or one might be too embarrassed to search for help. For the most part, when one sees teenagers raising children, we often think that the teen has been raped or is too mature for their age. For this reason, some totally miss the issues that one must have been exposed to in their society, the society of their home, community, school. There are many viewpoints as to why teenage females are having so many children out of wedlock. However, the facts are obvious—teenaged females are highly influenced by many social issues, but those with the lack of strong parental guidance, sex education, and positive mass media are more likely to have a premarital pregnancy. As one travels the globe, they will find that industrialized and developing countries have distinctly different rates of teenage pregnancy. In the online article, “Teen Pregnancy on the Rise,” Sipokazi Maposa says that in developed...
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...Care Phenomenon of Teenage Pregnant Mothers in one slum area of Tanauan Introduction Background of the Study Teenage pregnancy is one of the major social issues that have been talked about in our society today. The glaring truth that this issue involves teenagers entering their motherhood stage is an unpleasant thing to be talked about, but is one issue that is greatly repeated too often. The society faced with this ugly scenario of teenagers at their very young age, already having their children of their own. Most of these early pregnancies take place in various countries, but are most common to those who have higher rates of poverty associated with lower educational levels that leads to other poorer life factors. In a featured story written by William A. Ryan, 2006- UNFPA (United Nations Fund for Population Activities), he emphasized that in the Philippines, every year, among the poorest fifth of the Filipino population, 13 out of 100 girls aged 15-19 give birth. There is an estimated 26% of early pregnancy in the Philippines and about 92% of these pregnancies were unplanned, leaving the thought of teenagers most commonly in the slum areas being impulsive and are now faced to make critical decisions whether to accept their early pregnancy, to stop school and go to work, or even worse, abort the child in their womb. The researchers landed with this connection of poverty and teenage pregnancy giving rise to many factors this issue on early pregnancy could end to. Since...
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...Teenage pregnancy among today’s Filipino youth http://opinion.inquirer.net/74517/teenage-pregnancy-among-todays-filipino-youth The National Youth Commission, supported by the Department of Health and the World Health Organization, convened the 2014 National Summit on Teen Pregnancy last April 24. This summit, which saw the active participation of adolescent youth, delivered a clear message: Adolescent sexual and reproductive health (ASRH), or the lack thereof, is fast becoming the defining issue of this generation of young Filipinos. Without a robust response from all stakeholders, the Philippines is on track toward a full-blown, national teenage pregnancy crisis. Staggering facts support this call for concern. Recent (2014) data from the Philippine Statistical Authority (PSA) reveal that every hour, 24 babies are delivered by teenage mothers. According to the 2014 Young Adult Fertility and Sexuality (YAFS) study, around 14 percent of Filipino girls aged 15 to 19 are either pregnant for the first time or are already mothers—more than twice the rate recorded in 2002. Among six major economies in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the Philippines has the highest rate of teenage pregnancies and is the only country where the rate is increasing, per the United Nations Population Fund. According to Josefina Natividad, YAFS coordinator and director of the University of the Philippines Population Institute, young Filipinos have limited access to sex education and ASRH services...
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...Submission date: 05/05/2015 Assignment Topic: In South Africa, teenage pregnancy is on rise as a result of how these teenagers make sense of their sexuality. In South African adolescent marks the transition from childhood to adulthood, which in some instances is filled with a period of opportunities, challenges, changes, skills, pressures and physical, cognitive and psychosocial development. Teenagers are faced with an immense amount of peer pressure, physiological and emotional changes, sexual experimentation that increases the risk of pregnancy or sexually transmitted disease. While many teenagers may engage in pre-marital sex some never become pregnant. Teenage pregnancy has become all too common in this day and age. Some teenagers think it will not happen to them and do not use necessary precautions to protect themselves against pregnancy. There are several causes for teen pregnancy and the effects can be life changing. Research done has indicated that there is not one single cause to teenage pregnancy, but there are whole host of causes to this pandemic. Factors that can contribute to the number of teenagers who fall pregnant are for example, gender power imbalances (associated with significantly older partners in particular), early sexual debut, barriers to contraceptive use (seldom used at sexual initiation), and misinformation on sexual health matters. Pregnancy at a very young age may result in pregnancy complications that can lead to the death of the young mother...
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...October 7, 2012 ENC 1101/West Campus Essay # 1 Teenage pregnancies Tears streaming rapidly, the new mother, unaware and unable to contain her emotions, freezes. The boyfriend walks away, fleeing with her hopes, dreams and desires. The pregnant teen realizes that her whole life is gone, just like that, but another life will come. When teenagers tell their fathers- to- be that they are pregnant, normally the men walk away. If the pregnant teenager is unable to afford an abortion, then the teenager must give up school and chances of getting a good job since supporting a child is a full time job on its own. One of the major causes of teenage pregnancy is lack of education. One of the strongest forms of education is through schools. It has been proven that health education classes that discuss about safe sexual behaviors impact on pregnancies. Because of lack of sex education, the number of teen pregnancy has drastically increased throughout the years. Poor education can increase the chances of teens having sexual activities and pushes teens into the risk group of being young parents. Education should focuses on preventatives such as condoms and birth controls. With a good educational system, teens have a better understanding of their sex lives and will not rush into it without properly realizing the consequences associated with sex and pregnancy. In other words, schools need to provide the best sex education classes in order to prevent pregnancy at an early age. In order to lower...
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...Education Minister easily pulled statistics revealing that every year in our small population of 1.3 million, over 2,500 teenage girls become pregnant; the majority of these unfortunate girls drop out of school; by age 19, over 1,000 girls in this country already have four children; and 50 per cent of mothers in Trinidad and Tobago are single parents (Maraj 2014). Furthermore, the solutions to decrease the high levels of pregnancy among teenagers still remain a challenge for Trinidad and Tobago. As a result, it has been destroying the lives of young girls for generations and the rate of these incidents has not changed significantly for the past fifteen years. Consequently, pregnant teenagers should be allowed to continue their education because it is their right to receive an education regardless of gender, ethnic, economic, social or religious background. Teenage pregnancy has risen significantly among secondary school girls in Trinidad and Tobago and is spreading rapidly due to, lack of sex education, absence of parental guidance, as well as ill-treatment. Sex Education is the process of acquiring information and knowledge about the human sexual anatomy, sexual reproduction, sexual intercourse, and other aspects of human sexual behaviour. It helps to educate young people about preventing and protecting themselves against abuse, exploitation, unplanned pregnancies, sexually transmitted diseases and HIV and AIDS. Therefore, comprehensive sex education should be implemented in primary...
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...We are going to be discussing during the course of this essay some of the difficulties that are faced by teenage parents. Some of these difficulties include but are not limited to health ramifications, educational difficulties, financial hardships, and the lack of support given to teenage parents; hopefully we will be able to show young women and men that by becoming a teen parent they will be heading down a truly difficult road. In this paragraph we will be discussing some of the health ramifications of teenage pregnancy, and to be quite honest there are many of them. The first health issue that you will be reading about is prenatal health care and the fact that many teen mothers do not receive the proper prenatal care at the proper time. Many teens become pregnant as the result of an accident or the misguided belief that they need someone to love and someone to love them and thereby are less likely to receive the proper medical care, instruction, and support that they will desperately need during the coming months and years (www.livestrong.com/article/146191-problems-teen-mothers-face/). This lack of support from the teen mother’s parents and the other parent of the infant can cause harm to the mother and baby, the lack of prenatal care can cause the mother to not get the routine tests that will alert doctors to gestational diabetes and other common pregnancy induced complications. Teenage mothers also are more likely to drink and smoke then older mothers who understand the...
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...Teenage Pregnancy Name: Institution: Teenage Pregnancy Introduction One of the questions that arise at the mention of the teenage pregnancy is why different countries record different rates of teenage pregnancy, with others having high States of America is one of the countries that have recorded high rates of teenage pregnancy with its prevalence in the country rating higher than any of the Western industrialized nations. For instance, A National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy conducted in 2006 revealed that in the United States of America, 4 out of every pregnancy occur in women of younger age. They go ahead to explain that annually, the United States among other countries with high rates of teen pregnancy record approximately one million teenage pregnancy. The purpose of this essay is to provide a claim of evaluation that critically examines the statistics of teenage pregnancy and the relationship between depression and poverty on teenage pregnancy. Given the establishment of how bad the prognosis for teenage pregnancy is, this claim of policy intends to establish the link between this public health issue and depression and poverty. Relationship between Teenage Pregnancy and Poverty One of the steps towards with any issue that appears to be a predicament is to establish the root cause of that particular problem. In this case, therefore, the main purpose of this claim of evaluation is to find out the relationship or link between...
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...This essay will take a position that teenage sexuality does not contribute to the escalating occurrences of teenage pregnancy in the South African context. It will use theory to explain and support the position that has been chosen while also giving examples. Escalating occurrences of teenage pregnancy is a broad social issue and remains to increase in percentages though there are awareness campaigns, adverts and motivational speakers who visit schools annually. This shows that individuals do not acquire new skills unless they are interested or motivated to do so (Vygotsky, 1929). A teenager is someone who is in the middle stage of life, he or she is not considered young or a grown up person (Coon & Mitterer, 2012). Teenagers begin from the...
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...Home > College Guide > College Essays > Teen Pregnancy—A Social Issue Teen Pregnancy—A Social Issue Custom User AvatarBy Official_DKW, Ypsilanti, MI More by this author Email me when Official_DKW contributes work After researching various statistics, I found that premarital pregnancy is quite prevalent in teenagers throughout the world. Teen pregnancy is one of the most difficult experiences a young person might ever face when it interrupts school or other plans. It can create an emotional crisis resulting in feelings of shame and fear, and it may appear that you will crumble under pressures in your environment. The stress of how one would break the news to their parents might be even greater, and finding help may seem an impossible task. People might think that they can help others, or one might be too embarrassed to search for help. For the most part, when one sees teenagers raising children, we often think that the teen has been raped or is too mature for their age. For this reason, some totally miss the issues that one must have been exposed to in their society, the society of their home, community, school. There are many viewpoints as to why teenage females are having so many children out of wedlock. However, the facts are obvious—teenaged females are highly influenced by many social issues, but those with the lack of strong parental guidance, sex education, and positive mass media are more likely to have a premarital pregnancy. As one travels the globe, they will...
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...areas is teen pregnancy. A peer-reviewed research paper published by The Journal for Nurse Practitioners entitled “Who Will Listen? Rural Teen Pregnancy Reflections.” There are both medical and social concerns that occur with teen pregnancy. Teen pregnancy statistic shows that teen mothers give birth to premature babies with low birth weight. The social aspect is teen mothers do not complete high school and lives in poverty. These situations rank high in abuse and neglect with teen parents. Definition of the Problem Rural areas show the highest rate of teen pregnancy compared to state rates, which produces a problem that researchers are questioning why this rate is higher in the rural areas. The Theory of Adolescent Sexual Decision Making (TASDM) is the basis this research was conducted to resolve. This theory has two main objectives that include the risk-promoting environments teens experience and exposure to risky situation that create the situations teens use to justify sexual behavior (Weiss, 2012). The problem with teen pregnancy produces premature birth and low birth weight in the babies. A medical problem with teen pregnancy is the medical expenses incurred with both teenager and infant. These statistics indicate that teen pregnancy result from family with no insurance and no means to pay the medical expenses teen pregnancy incurs. The social problem teen pregnancy presents are that teen mothers tend not finish high school. Teen pregnancy results in...
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...Persuasive Essay Glamorizing Teen Pregnancy Assignment # 8 Tiffany D. Bolden National American University Glamorizing Teen Pregnancy It’s a beautiful thing to bring a child into the world. The ability to produce life comes with more responsibility then “parents” have acknowledged initially prior to their parenting experience. Being a parent is accompanied with lifelong ties. Not only does bearing a child into this world mean lifelong ties, it also commences the genesis of future generations. However, the media takes the time-honored meaning out of the word “family” and the sentimental beauty out of pregnancy by making it seem attractive and desirable. MTV’s reality TV show ‘Teen Mom’ is supposed to exhibit the struggle of young teenage girls being pregnant and displaying the attempt of young parenthood. However, the personal burden of parenthood seems to be surpassed. Instead, the focal point appears to be the climatic drama between the mother of the child and the baby’s father. “These girls are ignoring the fact that this decision must be followed by a lifetime of responsibility,” says Rabbi Shmuley. Perhaps the young teenagers are more intrigued by the front page tabloid covers and big endorsement deals. Rather than understanding the encumbrance of caring for another human life. “The show is a ratings boom for the network and the young women have become stars, earning six figure incomes and gracing the cover of tabloids,” says Juju Chang in the article “Pregnancy Pressure:...
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