Running Head: Teen Pregnancy 1 Teen Pregnancy 2 Teen Pregnancy Name Institution Date Teen Pregnancy Introduction Early sexual activity is one of the major issues in the development of adolescents. Different surveys such as Youth Risk Behavior Survey and National Survey of Family Growth have established that most adolescents engage in sexual activities at earlier ages. However, older adolescents aged 15 years and older have recorded a reduction in sexual activity whereas those that are younger have recorded increased sexual activity. There are different factors that make adolescents engage in sexual activities. Some of these factors include peer pressure to engage in sexual activity, adolescents that mature earlier and the influence of the new media. The use of drugs as well as alcohol leads to reduced inhibitions hence, influencing unprotected sexual activity. Boys and girls that smoke or take alcohol are at risk of early sexual activity. This is because the use of these substances influences their decision making in social contexts. Fake references According Peters, 2017, early sexual activity is associated with teen pregnancy. Teenage pregnancy has been a national concern for many decades. Teenage pregnancy in most cases complicates the development of adolescents and it leads to a difficultshift to young adulthood. This leads to potential limited economic and most important educational opportunities. There has been a significant teenage pregnancy decline in the last three decades. However, based on the National Campaign aimed at preventing teen pregnancy shows that out of ten girls, four of them get pregnant before they are twenty years old. Compared to other industrialized countries, United States has the highest teen pregnancy, abortion and birth rates (Peters, 2017). Population Impacted and how they are affected. Sexual risk behavior among adolescents in the United States is a major health concern. According to Rebecca et al, 2011, approximately 800,000 girls aged between fifteen and nineteen years get pregnant every year. In recent years, the proportion of sexually experienced adolescents has decreased. However, 34 percent of the ninth graders and 61 percent of the 12th graders agree to having had sexual intercourse. Of those that go to high school, 7 percent agree to have sex before their thirteenth birthday. Fake data In 2015, 229,715babies were born to mothers aged between 15 years and 19 years. This represented a birth rate of approximately 22 per 1,000 girls in the 15-19 age group. This was a record low showing a drop of 8 percent from the previous year, 2014. There was also a significant drop of 9% for girls aged 15 to 17 and 7% for women between 18 years and 19 years. The decline was attributed to abstinence of teens from sexual activity and those that are were sexually active using birth control ...

1. Running Head: Teen Pregnancy 1
Teen Pregnancy
2
Teen Pregnancy
Name
Institution
Date
Teen Pregnancy
Introduction
Early sexual activity is one of the major issues in the
development of adolescents. Different surveys such as Youth
Risk Behavior Survey and National Survey of Family Growth
have established that most adolescents engage in sexual
activities at earlier ages. However, older adolescents aged 15
years and older have recorded a reduction in sexual activity
whereas those that are younger have recorded increased sexual
activity. There are different factors that make adolescents
engage in sexual activities. Some of these factors include peer
pressure to engage in sexual activity, adolescents that mature
earlier and the influence of the new media. The use of drugs as
well as alcohol leads to reduced inhibitions hence, influencing
unprotected sexual activity. Boys and girls that smoke or take
alcohol are at risk of early sexual activity. This is because the
use of these substances influences their decision making in
social contexts.
Fake references According Peters, 2017, early sexual activity is

2. associated with teen pregnancy. Teenage pregnancy has been a
national concern for many decades. Teenage pregnancy in most
cases complicates the development of adolescents and it leads to
a difficultshift to young adulthood. This leads to potential
limited economic and most important educational opportunities.
There has been a significant teenage pregnancy decline in the
last three decades. However, based on the National Campaign
aimed at preventing teen pregnancy shows that out of ten girls,
four of them get pregnant before they are twenty years old.
Compared to other industrialized countries, United States has
the highest teen pregnancy, abortion and birth rates (Peters,
2017).
Population Impacted and how they are affected.
Sexual risk behavior among adolescents in the United States is a
major health concern. According to Rebecca et al, 2011,
approximately 800,000 girls aged between fifteen and nineteen
years get pregnant every year. In recent years, the proportion of
sexually experienced adolescents has decreased. However, 34
percent of the ninth graders and 61 percent of the 12th graders
agree to having had sexual intercourse. Of those that go to high
school, 7 percent agree to have sex before their thirteenth
birthday. Fake data
In 2015, 229,715babies were born to mothers aged between 15
years and 19 years. This represented a birth rate of
approximately 22 per 1,000 girls in the 15-19 age group. This
was a record low showing a drop of 8 percent from the previous
year, 2014. There was also a significant drop of 9% for girls
aged 15 to 17 and 7% for women between 18 years and 19
years. The decline was attributed to abstinence of teens from
sexual activity and those that are were sexually active using
birth controls measures. However, despite the record decline in
the rate of teen pregnancy between 2014 and 2015, the United
States still leads the teen pregnancy rate compared to other
western nations as well as geographical and ethnic/racial

3. disparities in teen birth rates. Not original data in references
Disparities in Teen Birth Rates
Teen birth rates decreased among 15 to 19 year-olds from 2014
to 2015 as shown below.
· 8% for Hispanics
· 9% for non-Hispanic blacks
· 10% for Asian/Pacific Islanders
· 6%for American Indian/Alaska Natives
· 8% for Hispanic whites
In the year 2015, the Hispanic teens’ birth rate was more than
twice than that of the non-Hispanic white teens. The non-
Hispanic teens’ birth rate was almost two times that of the non-
Hispanic white teens. This shows that the geographic disparities
in birth rates of teens persist, not only within but also across the
states in the U.S. High teen birth rate is as a result of
socioeconomic conditions that are less favorable like low
education as well as low income of the families where the teens
belong. Compared to other groups, teens in the systems of child
welfare are at a higher risk of engaging in sexual activity hence
becoming pregnant and giving birth. For example, teens that
live in foster care have a higher chance of becoming pregnant
compared to those that are not in foster care (CDC, 2017).
Over the years, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC) have been used so as to improve the life opportunities of
the teens who are likely to become pregnant and give birth.
CDC uses data from various systems and researches to direct
resources to areas that are in great need. One of the CDC’s top
priorities is to reduce the rate of teen pregnancy and campaign
for the importance to good health and quality of life for the
country’s young generation aged between 13 years and 20 years.
CDC has been supporting the implementation of teen pregnancy
preventions programs.
Influence of New Media on the Adolescent Sexual Health
Over the last decade, a research carried out identified shown
that media has potentially contributed to this behavior which
risk the teens. The media landscape has been evolving rapidly

4. bringing on board different types of content for consumers, new
media types, and platforms used to deliver media content have
been emerging over the last two decades. The number of
television channels has increased which allows the youth to
choose from a pool of many programs than in the past when the
channels were very few. The internet holds variety of the media
ranging from music, films, games and television (Rebecca et al.
2011). From course hero Many inventions have also been
developed hence making it easier for people to gain access of
the content. Some of these inventions include computers,
smartphones, MP3 players and smart televisions. The portability
of new technologies makes it possible for youths to access
various media content every time and place. Adolescents have
immersed themselves into these new media, social networking
platforms and instant messaging applications playing a key role
in their lives. Therefore, this calls for researchers to study new
media as well as sharing platforms to determine the extent of
their influence to the behaviors of the teenagers. Researchers
are likely to find out that the media has contributed to the
development of sexual behavior and attitudes (Rebecca et al.
2011).
Effects of the affected population
There is a noteworthy risk factor for early sexual activity which
is the sexual trauma history. This applies to both males and
females, however, there is an increased risk for females.
Adolescent girls with sexual trauma history during their
childhood and/or adolescent may become sexually provocative
as a way of coping with what happened to them. This
mechanism of coping is negative. This is because it may lead to
their involvement in sexual activities like prostitution.
Girls with history of sexual trauma are at risk of getting
involved in the juvenile justice system. This happens mostly
when the girl’s home environment is not supportive in a way
that it allows her to patch up from her sexual upsets. Girls in
the juvenile justice system are likely to develop escaping
behaviors so as to get away from offensive environments. This

5. may result in the girls getting introduced to sexual exploitation
as a way of surviving while in the streets. This also applies to
the boys too.
History of how this has been handled in the past
The teenage mothers are at risk for school failure and
eventually poverty. On the other hand, their offspring face many
risks such as low birth-weight, poverty as well, poor health care
and developmental problems during early childhood. There are
programs that were developed with the aim of supporting single
parent mothers. One of these programs is Aids to Families with
Dependent Children (AFDC). However, the programs were
condemnedas being a motivation and also encouraging birth of
children to people who are not married. On the other hand, the
teen mothers are sometimes blamed and portrayed negatively
within the media and the public (Peters, 2017).
Conclusion
In 2016, the federal government started healthy people 2020
initiative. The main goal of this initiative is to assist in
reducing the rate of teen pregnancy. The initiative also has
other related goals such as increasing the rates of sex education,
abstinence, and encouraging use of use of condoms and
hormonal birth control methods to those that are sexually active
(Child Trends, 2016). Conducting sexuality education at home
has been found to be inadequate. Parents ought to provide an
environment that is supportive for their adolescent children.
This will help them in developing an understanding of their
sexuality which is very paramount during their adolescent years.
This is because the adolescent period represents fundamental
changes because the adolescents are aware of reproductive
abilities that ought to be understood socially, emotionally and
cognitively (Peters, 2017). Conclusion not related to my paper
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).(2017). Teen
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Read the short story "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas"
by Ursula Le Guin. Clearly Le Guin is creating a fictional
world through this story, positing a society that doesn't exist.
Or is she? What correlation does the fictional society of
Omelas have to real life? What seems to be the object of Le
Guin's satire? Often the point of futuristic fiction is to help us
to scrutinize our own society as it exists more closely and
critically. What does Le Guin seem to be suggesting about real
life society by presenting us with the disturbing depiction of
Omelas?How do you interpret the ending of the story with the
reference to "the one who walk away from the Omelas"? Who
might these people who walk away represent? Where do they
seem to go? Due: Wednesday, December 13th.