they are restricted since our freedom is perceived to be threatened. This is a concept taught in psychology classes as “psychological reactance” and may partially explain why states with the most conservative sexual attitudes have the highest teen birth rates. However, if parents and teachers are still not convinced by this, they can be reassured that their voices are extremely important. They can guide us teens into making responsible and healthy choices by simply talking to us with honesty and not
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A MINI-RESEARCH PROJECT ON THE KNOWLEDGE AND USE OF CONTRACEPTIVES AMONG NIGERIAN UNDERGRADUATES: A CASE STUDY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR WRITTEN BY BASSEY, RACHEAL EFFIONG MATRIC NO.: 10/55011 DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR CALABAR SUBMITTED TO PROF. (MRS.) E. N. NWAGBARA (COURSE LECTURER) DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR CALABAR IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE COURSE REQUIREMENT: (SOC 3102) METHODS OF SOCIAL
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Alexia Rodriguez 12-07-11 Making the Ultimate Choice With the evolving moral standards of society, abortions are becoming more and more justified. Abortion, the practice of removing a fertilized egg from a mother, has become a controversial issue in American society, but should be generally supported because of women’s rights, religious and personal beliefs should not interfere with government and laws, in case of rape or incest, abortion is a safe medical procedure, and even with responsible
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understands that as the eldest child, she needs to take responsibility to help her parents. The author asked the family’s definition of health. Health, according to the family, is the absence of disease. They also reported that health is significant in order to perform their everyday duties. Mary stated that when she started her dialysis, she found it hard to do household chores and take care of her kids. After receiving dialysis treatment her body was able to adjust and she was able to do household chores
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CHAPTER 4 Analysis and presentation of data 4.1 INTRODUCTION This chapter discusses the data analysis and findings from 107 questionnaires completed by adolescent mothers who visited one of the two participating well-baby clinics in the Piet Retief (Mkhondo) area during 2004. The purpose of this study was to identify factors contributing to adolescent mothers’ non-utilisation of contraceptives in the area. The objectives of the study were to identify adolescent mothers’ • knowledge, attitudes
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paper. As CEO of a 100 bed hospital in rural Alabama, I have to step in resolve a dilemma with a newly hired pharmacist who refuses to dispense emergency contraception based upon moral/religious grounds. Emergency contraceptive is similar to birth control, it is just a higher dosage taken up to seventy-two hours after unprotected sex to prevent pregnancy, it is not a form of abortion, since no conception has yet taken place. Emergency contraceptives is controversial because many Christians
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education should be taught in schools. The questions of who, why and is it appropriate are still unanswered. The statistics every year shows the rate of teenage pregnancy and the number of teens having sex is escalating in the Caribbean. The percentage of births that take place during adolescence is about 18% in Latin America and the Caribbean (WHO, 2016). Conservatives normally believe that abstinence should be the only policy taught in schools, while liberals feel that statistics shows an increase in risky
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Finding the root of the problem A low fertility rate is inherently a self-reinforcing effect in a developed society such as Singapore. As the birthrate falls, the population for each new generation that will mature and become responsible for future births decreases as well. This indicates that if the impetus driving the birthrate down is not found and addressed the problem will only continue to get worse. 2.1. Current coping strategy The most dominant strategy to help alleviate the low fertility
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reasons can be that contraceptive did not work as they should and the woman became pregnant by accident or in case of underage pregnancy. Young people do not have a good idea of contraception and unprotected sex, why should they not have to go through a birth when there is an option to solve the problem in a simpler way? They should not lose their education and career opportunities over one mistake. Just because someone made a mistake, it does not mean that they should be punished, which additionally only
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