Not only are there increased expenses for those teenagers who give birth, but the rate of teenage pregnancies and births in the United States still leads the world. One recent report presented the finding that, "(despite) a 33% decline in the teen (girls age 15-19) birth rate between 1991 and 2004, the United States still has the highest teen pregnancy and birth rates in the industrialized world" (Hoffman, 2006, p
Not only are there increased expenses for those teenagers who give birth, but the rate of teenage pregnancies and births in the United States still leads the world. One recent report presented the finding that, "(despite) a 33% decline in the teen (girls age 15-19) birth rate between 1991 and 2004, the United States still has the highest teen pregnancy and birth rates in the industrialized world" (Hoffman, 2006, p
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If the young are bearing young, then the affects can be even more devastating as they struggle to not only care for themselves, but for a child as well. Concerning teenage pregnancies, one group of researchers concluded; "Our study suggests that levels of relative deprivation may be an underlying cause" (Mookherjee, Pickett, Wilkinson, 2005, p
One interesting point made by a recent study is that the age at which the teenage pregnancies are calculated is not necessarily set in stone. The study states that "we conclude that early adolescent childbearing is best defined as giving birth at 15 years or younger" (Phipps, Sowers, 2002, p
The study states that a strong economy that had reduced welfare rolls by almost 50% since 1993 probably would not continue. The study states that when the good times end (as they currently have) then "it will be especially important to have in place policies that prevent young women from coming on to the rolls because of an unplanned pregnancy and birth" (Sawhill, 2000, p
The fact sheet provides the answer; 27% if one event occurs, 42% if two events take place and 64% will grow up in poverty in all three events unfold. However, "if none of these things happen, a child's chance of growing up in poverty is 7%" (Zill, O'Donnell, 2004)
Specifically, travel may be costlier for Hispanics (in terms of psychic or dollar costs), and any change in distance will have a larger effect on Hispanic women relative to women of other races." (Brown et al
An article in Adolescence, describes this as a Life Options model. The article contends that "According to this model, disadvantaged youths do not perceive themselves as having positive life options and therefore do not plan for their future and do not avoid barriers to that future such as early out-of-wedlock childbearing (Dryfoos, 1984)
Over half of the single mothers stop their high school education in order to care for their baby and usually do not return to finish school." (Holmes 1995) As far as the effect of economics on teenage abortions is concerned there is evidence to suggest that there is a correlation between economics and the decision to have an abortion
Given a binding parental involvement law, the law's impact depends on the intensity of enforcement effort applied to instate abortion providers, adolescents' ability to receive abortion services from out of-state providers, and adolescents' ability to obtain a judicial bypass." (Gohmann and Ohsfeldt 1994) Some believe that these types of laws deter teenagers form getting pregnant and lessen the likelihood that they will have an abortion even if they do get pregnant
Leibowitz and colleagues (1986) hypothesized that teens have a high time preference for the present and are less likely to carry a pregnancy to term if they are in high school and earning good grades; Ribar (1994), however, asserts that teen childbearing is an endogenous determinant of high school completion. (Tomal 1999) Social acceptance- In certain social circles having teenage pregnancy is frowned upon
If disadvantaged youths do not perceive that doors are open to them, it is perhaps difficult for them to see teen pregnancy as closing any doors." (Martin et al
This is necessary in order to bring out a comparison between the data obtained. Literature review There are various pieces of literature that are focused on the prevention of teen pregnancy by means of organized programs (Franklin & Corcoran, 2000; Kirby, 1997; Moore et al
This category comprises of various county health services programs (public health services); In order tpo cme up with the best methods of prevention, it was necessary to include our knowledge from the varois extant literature on the best techniques of preventing teen pregnancy. We therefore had to consider the following questions; Are the existing teen prevention programs based on research findings? Is there feasible impact of the evaluation process? Does the recommended prevention program serve to meet the need and demand of the multi-ethnic adolescent target group? Do the recommended prevention program details fit seamlessly into the existing socio-economic adolescent base? Do the recommended teen prevention techniques apply in various settings Are the recommended solutions feasible? Are the recommended solutions applicable in both the present and future circumstances? By means of the program information obtained as well as reviews obtained from extant literature (Hutchins, 1999), the following key points were derived to be used by various practitioners in the teen pregnancy prevention programs (Gong, et al
This category comprises of various county health services programs (public health services); In order tpo cme up with the best methods of prevention, it was necessary to include our knowledge from the varois extant literature on the best techniques of preventing teen pregnancy. We therefore had to consider the following questions; Are the existing teen prevention programs based on research findings? Is there feasible impact of the evaluation process? Does the recommended prevention program serve to meet the need and demand of the multi-ethnic adolescent target group? Do the recommended prevention program details fit seamlessly into the existing socio-economic adolescent base? Do the recommended teen prevention techniques apply in various settings Are the recommended solutions feasible? Are the recommended solutions applicable in both the present and future circumstances? By means of the program information obtained as well as reviews obtained from extant literature (Hutchins, 1999), the following key points were derived to be used by various practitioners in the teen pregnancy prevention programs (Gong, et al
This is attributed to the fact that teenage pregnancy occurs as a result of various reasons. This therefore calls for a multi-thronged approach in terms of applicable strategies in the order to at least tackle this problem (Kirby, 1997)
, 1995). A report released by The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy indicated that theer is a major role that should be played by both parents and the families as a whole in order to reduce cases of teen pregnancy in the country (Miller, 1998)
These studies shown that there are certain sexual behavior that have been effectively been handled by the various programs. These were however in light of the various long-term effects of sexual behavior (Moore et al
The issues of teen pregnancy is also another source of concern as revealed by the various statistics from various agencies such as The Arizona Coalition on Adolescent Pregnancy and Parenting (ACAPP) that shows that about 36 teens fall pregnant in the state of Arizona on a daily basis. This figure is quite alarming and requires immediate action to be taken to control the numbers (Treese, 2004)