Ever-Increasing Population? - Group Discussion,” n.d.), Says that education is the only ways to fight with the emerging problem of overpopulation. The public and the community as a whole should be made to know the consequences of overpopulation. Teenage pregnancy is a major contributor towards the population. South Africa’s president, Jacob Zuma in (“Take babies from teen moms: Zuma - Politics | IOL News,” n.d.), says that teen mothers should be forced to go back to school. The government should educate
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age as well as the risk of catching an STD. Although critics may disagree and feel that sex education promotes promiscuity, it is the most effective way to reduce these two growing epidemics. “Each year, U.S. teens experience as many as 850,000 pregnancies, and youth under age 25 experience about 9.1 million sexually transmitted infections (STIs)” (McKeon). These numbers will keep increasing if schools don’t take the initiative to teach efficient sex education. Sex education can be taught in two different
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Veronica Islas Jeremy Fannon English 081 December 11, 2014 Teen Pregnancy Prevention: Easy as One, Two, Three “If adolescent pregnancy prevention is to become a priority, then our strategy, as advocates, must contain two key elements: civic engagement and education”. The rate of teen pregnancy is growing dramatically because there are so many uneducated teens and they are careless of the consequences that come with unprotected sex. Teens do not think about the responsibility and problems
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Related Literature and Studies This chapter presents the related literature and studies about the factors affecting teenage pregnancy. Implications of these related articles and topics were used in the conduct of this study that aimed to describe the theoretical basis of the study being undertaken. A. PERSONAL FACTORS Positive family interaction According to Perez (2010) even though family relationships are important, family communication is especially important because it gives
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thousands of unintended pregnancies. It’s not possible to prevent teens from having sex which is why it is important to ensure they are properly equipped. Conversely, those opposed feel that giving teen’s birth control will encourage them to have sex earlier than they should. They feel that teenagers are too young to be engaging in sex and giving teens birth control gives them a reason to have sex. The United States is known for having the highest rate of unintended teenage pregnancy in the world. This
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ethical considerations. The ethical observation works for the interest of the community members and prevents them from any incidence of malpractice. It also keeps the professionals in check by the regulating bodies. The intention of reducing teenage pregnancies in the community by the means of health education has various implications for the lives of the target group. Since this is a behavior change program, it should observe the health ethics as outlined by the best practices of the governing bodies
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The Impact Of Sex Education On Students Christian Joseph Veloso Angeles Mrs. Cunanan English 00/00/2016 I. Introduction Sex education is a risks of rumor and speculation, where biology is a more of a subject to pass than the understanding of how the body functions. Adolescence is the time that girls get their period and when boys start having wet dreams. Sex is one of the few words that catch our attention. Whenever we see the word
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Topic: Sexual Education General Purpose: To inform. Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about sexual education. Central Idea: Sexual education has a lengthy history and is still an issue in today’s society. Intro Depending on an individual’s background, sexual education can be taught in many ways. Sometimes parents prefer to be the main source of sexual education. Some parents feel that by talking to their children about this will make them feel more comfortable talking on this topic to
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would support is Program A, which would fund abortions for teenage girls. Funding this program would ensure the autonomy of the teenage girl. It would give teenage girls the option to abort their baby rather than endure a pregnancy and the changes to her life that the responsibility of a child would cause. I think this program would be supported by Mill because it is causing the least amount of harm to everyone involved. A teenage pregnancy can greatly alter one’s quality of life, as well as the
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teenager’s view and opinions. Eighteen months after the show first aired, the number of babies born to teens in the United States, from the ages fifteen to nineteen, decreased by almost six percent. TV shows like 16 and Pregnant discourages teenage pregnancy rather than promoting it by portraying the emotional/personal struggles, future regret, and financial issues. Imagine a teen nearly sixteen years old, and she finds out she is pregnant. What are her feelings? Most teens who get pregnant have
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