A case study is examined to illustrate possible approaches to care and personal reflections of the author will be shared regarding issues of teenage pregnancy. In 2009 almost 410,000 infants were born to United States teenage girls between the ages of 15 and 19. Nearly two-thirds of births to women younger than 18 and more than half of those among 18 and 19-year-olds were a result of unintended pregnancies (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2011). This represents a teen birth rate as much as nine times greater than other developed countries and is especially high among black and Hispanic teens in southern states (Vital signs: teen pregnancy, 2011). Those at highest risk of teen pregnancy are girls from single parent homes, families with low socioeconomic status, and girls with a sister who became pregnant as a teenager (Talashek, Alba, & Patel, 2006).
Childhood obesity is increasing at rates of epidemic proportion across the globe and is becoming a significant health problem. The current obesity rates in Australian children are among the highest in the developed world. ‘In 2007–08, one-quarter of all Australian children, or around 600,000 children aged 5–17 years, were overweight or obese, up four percentage points from 1995 (21%). According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABOS) (2009). ‘Research indicates an annual increase of this figure of 1-1.5%, a trend that suggests half of all young Australians will be overweight by the year 2025’ (Tipping the scales: Intervention and management of childhood obesity 2007).
A change that has happened to childbearing since the 1970's is that over four in ten children are now born outside of marriage, which is five times more than it was in 1971. This means that more children are being born into lone-parent families or cohabilitating families. A reason for this is that there has been a huge decline in the stigma that used to be held over births outside marriage and also a increase in cohabiliatation. An example of this is that only one third of 18-24 year olds think marriage should come before parenthood, meaning that the rise in births outside of marriage is more to do with the increase in cohabilitating couples than it is to do with single parents. Another change that has happened in childbearing since the 1970's is that women are having fewer children and children later in life.
The top three community diagnoses that will be addressed are adolescent pregnancy, sexual transmitted disease and Obesity. The number of teenage pregnancy is alarming in some parts of Alabama. According to the Alabama Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, Alabama has one of the highest teen pregnancy rates in the United States and this includes Center Point, Alabama. In 2009, 8,365 children were born who mother ranged between the ages 10-19 (Reeves, 2010, para. 1).
Lupus can affect anyone, but it’s been shown more commonly in women in their child bearing ages, which are the ages between 14 and 44. “Lupus affects nine times more women than men.” (Crosta) Lupus is also more common in Latina, Asian, and Native American women. Men are at a higher risk before puberty and after the age of 50 years old. Despite an increase in lupus in men in these age groups, two-thirds of the people who have lupus before puberty and after age 50 are women. African Americans and Latinos tent to be diagnosed with lupus at a younger age and tend to have more severe symptoms, including kidney and heart
Most men remarry within three years. Most women remarry within 5 years. As a result, blended families are developed and increasing at an astonishing rate. The American Association of Christian Counselors reports that remarriages after divorce tend to be unstable, break up more often and end quickly than do first-time marriages. Remarriages are 50% more likely to divorce in the first five years compared to first marriages.
From 2000 to 2012, the United States Census Bureau reported that Mississippi had the highest rate of increase of mixed-race population, up 70 percent in the decade, although the population has not markedly increased. [34] The change reflects new births among a young population, but also people who have chosen to identify as multiracial, who in earlier years may have identified as only one ethnicity. One demographer said, "In a sense, they’re rendering a more accurate portrait of their racial heritage that in the past would have been suppressed. "[34] Susan Saulny, "Black and White and Married in the Deep South: A Shifting Image", New York Times, March 20, 2011, accessed October 25,
Whenever it comes to Same-Sex marriages Post Moderns are in favor by over eighty percent, while Hard-Pressed Democrats, and Dissafecteds are in favor by less than forty percent, most likely this is because of the age difference between the groups and the fact that the Post Modern’s are such a young group of individuals. Whenever it comes to the touchy subject of abortion almost eighty percent of Post Moderns agree that it should be legal in all/ most cases, while it is clear that the other two groups have a very strong opposite opinion because only about fifty percent in each group agree that it should be legal. It’s very clear that the Post-Moderns have a much more youthful way of thinking just by looking at the percentages, there youth is very apparent when it comes to the question on “Marijuana Legalization”, because over half believe the use of marijuana should be legalized while the Hard-Pressed Democrats and Dissafecteds strongly disagree against the use. Whenever it comes to my personal opinion on some of these
For Teenagers who fall pregnant, it is difficult to juggle the insecurities of teenage hood with learning basic parenting skills. As a result, teenage parents often consider abortion. Statistics show that New Zealand has one of the highest teenage pregnancy rates in the world, with around fifty girls in every thousand falling pregnant. Of these pregnancies, about half result in abortion. An advantage of putting a parenting licence in place will be to educate these teenagers on basic parenting skills to qualify them to raise a child, avoiding such abortions.
When this was released to clinics for the use in the public, Ericsson expected it to be more boys than girls but on the contrary it was majority girls and at some clinics it was over 75 percent. All of this seemed surprising but when taking a closer look you can see that parents want a bright future for their children and it seems to be that girls have a better one for them. A reason why the future is bright for women, is that they outnumber men who go to college. On campuses across the country the population is about 60 percent women and many institutions are finding it hard to maintain a balance between genders and even have to lower standards to keep it close to even. For every two men that get a degree there are three women who get one.