Essays about: "teen pregnancy"

Found 4 essays containing the words teen pregnancy.

  1. 1. Representations of Teen Pregnancy and Motherhood in the United States

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Jacqueline Daldin; [2015]
    Keywords : Representation; Identity; Resistance; Teen Pregnancy; Human Rights; Participatory Communication; Social Media; The United States;

    Abstract : The teen pregnancy rate in the United States has been rapidly and steadily declining across all ethnic groups and races over the past two decades and is now at an all-time low. Most academic studies attribute this decline to increased and consistent use of contraception. READ MORE

  3. 2. Reducing Unintended Teen Pregnancy in China : Collaboration Between Government, Schools and Aid Centres

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Yanzhu Mu; [2015]
    Keywords : government; sexual education; unintended teen pregnancy aid; China; unintended teen pregnancy; collaboration; public administration; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In China today, an increasing number of unintended teen pregnancy has raised public concerns of sexual reproductive health of teenagers. The aim of this thesis was to reduce unintended teen pregnancy through collaboration between government, schools and unintended teen pregnancy aid centres in China. READ MORE

  4. 3. Contraceptive behaviour and births among Swedish child welfare clients : A register based study on 14–19 year old females

    University essay from Centrum för forskning om ojämlikhet i hälsa (CHESS)

    Author : Malin Ericsson; [2012]
    Keywords : Child welfare clients; Societal care; Adolescents; Hormonal contraceptives; Teenage pregnancies; Sexual risk behaviour;

    Abstract : Background: Teen pregnancy is associated with an array of negative social and health related outcomes for the mother as well as the baby. The risk of becoming a parent before the age of 20 is clearly elevated for former child welfare clients. READ MORE

  5. 4. "I am a shame..." A qualitative field study of the prevalence of teenage pregnancy within two Burundian refugee camps in Tanzania

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Märta Roxberg; [2007]
    Keywords : teenage pregnancy; refugee camp; Tanzania; reproductive health;

    Abstract : Evidence points to that the prevalence of teenage pregnancies is higher within refugee camps than elsewhere. Yet little research attention has been given the subject of teenage pregnancy within refugee situations where the numbers are steadily increasing, an area that therefore needs to be explored further. READ MORE