Monday, September 27, 2010
Baby Hatch
An NGO in Malaysia has introduced baby hatch in order to curb baby dumping.The first baby hatch was opened at OrphanCARE premises in Petaling Jaya.For all we know,these unlucky babies were dumped at the toilets,rubbish sites,bins,rivers and many more places.Thus,this baby hatch can be an alternative to the mother to leave her baby anonymously in a safe place to be found and cared of.This program has the support of Ministry of Women,Family and Community Development.The hatch has a small door which opens to an to an incubator which a mother can place her baby.Once after the door is closed,an alarm bell will ring and alert the NGO staff to the baby presence right after the mother has left.
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Effects on Teenage Pregnancy
Effects of teen pregnancies on the children involved. These children are far more likely to grow up in poverty, to have more health problems, to suffer from higher rates of abuse and neglect, to fail in school, to become teen mothers, to commit delinquent acts and adult crimes, and to incur failed adult marriages and other relationships.
The burdens of early childbearing on disadvantaged teens are undeniable. Trying to untangle the factors which contribute to teenage pregnancy from its effects, however, leads to a "which came first, the chicken or the egg?" dilemma. Educational failure, poverty, unemployment and low self-esteem are understood to be negative outcomes of early childbearing. These circumstances also contribute to the likelihood of teen pregnancy.
In general, teen mothers have much lower levels of educational attainment than other women, which severely limit their career options and sharply increase their likelihood of economic dependency. Only 70% of teen mothers complete high school or earn a GED, and far fewer
Risk Factors. Although it is not inevitable, some life circumstances place girls at higher risk of becoming teen mothers. These include poverty, poor school performance, growing up in a single parent household, having a mother who was an adolescent mother, or having a sister who has become pregnant.
Teenage pregnancies have become a public health issue because of their observed negative effects on perinatal outcomes and long-term morbidity. The association of young maternal age and long-term morbidity is usually confounded, however, by the high prevalence of poverty, low level of education, and single marital status among teenage mothers.
Children of teenage mothers have significantly higher odds of placement in certain special education classes and significantly higher occurrence of milder education problems, but when maternal education, marital status, poverty level, and race are controlled, the detrimental effects disappear and even some protective effects are observed.
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The burdens of early childbearing on disadvantaged teens are undeniable. Trying to untangle the factors which contribute to teenage pregnancy from its effects, however, leads to a "which came first, the chicken or the egg?" dilemma. Educational failure, poverty, unemployment and low self-esteem are understood to be negative outcomes of early childbearing. These circumstances also contribute to the likelihood of teen pregnancy.
In general, teen mothers have much lower levels of educational attainment than other women, which severely limit their career options and sharply increase their likelihood of economic dependency. Only 70% of teen mothers complete high school or earn a GED, and far fewer
Risk Factors. Although it is not inevitable, some life circumstances place girls at higher risk of becoming teen mothers. These include poverty, poor school performance, growing up in a single parent household, having a mother who was an adolescent mother, or having a sister who has become pregnant.
Teenage pregnancies have become a public health issue because of their observed negative effects on perinatal outcomes and long-term morbidity. The association of young maternal age and long-term morbidity is usually confounded, however, by the high prevalence of poverty, low level of education, and single marital status among teenage mothers.
Children of teenage mothers have significantly higher odds of placement in certain special education classes and significantly higher occurrence of milder education problems, but when maternal education, marital status, poverty level, and race are controlled, the detrimental effects disappear and even some protective effects are observed.
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Teen Pregnancy
Teen pregnancies are still the norm in much of the developing world. Each child born to a young girl normally is considered a blessing.
Despite the fact that the teen birth rate is slowly falling, there are still an estimated one million teen pregnancies in the United States alone. About 85% of these pregnancies are unplanned, which in any population can increase the risk for problems. The biggest risk for teen mothers is delaying prenatal care or worse, 7.2% received no care at all.
The reason for lack of prenatal care is usually delayed pregnancy testing, denial or even fear of telling others about the pregnancy. Most states have a health department or University clinic where prenatal care is free or low cost and patient confidentiality is very important, meaning no one can tell the teen mother's family.
Teenage mothers are less likely to gain adequate weight during their pregnancy, leading to Low Birth weight which is associated with infant and childhood disorders and a high rate of infant mortality. Low-birth weight babies are more likely to have organs that are not fully developed, which can result in complications such as bleeding in the brain, respiratory distress syndrome, and intestinal problems.
Children born to teenage mothers are less likely to receive proper nutrition, health care, and cognitive and social stimulation. As a result, they may have an underdeveloped intellect and attain lower academic achievement.
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Despite the fact that the teen birth rate is slowly falling, there are still an estimated one million teen pregnancies in the United States alone. About 85% of these pregnancies are unplanned, which in any population can increase the risk for problems. The biggest risk for teen mothers is delaying prenatal care or worse, 7.2% received no care at all.
The reason for lack of prenatal care is usually delayed pregnancy testing, denial or even fear of telling others about the pregnancy. Most states have a health department or University clinic where prenatal care is free or low cost and patient confidentiality is very important, meaning no one can tell the teen mother's family.
Teenage mothers are less likely to gain adequate weight during their pregnancy, leading to Low Birth weight which is associated with infant and childhood disorders and a high rate of infant mortality. Low-birth weight babies are more likely to have organs that are not fully developed, which can result in complications such as bleeding in the brain, respiratory distress syndrome, and intestinal problems.
Children born to teenage mothers are less likely to receive proper nutrition, health care, and cognitive and social stimulation. As a result, they may have an underdeveloped intellect and attain lower academic achievement.
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Impact of Teenage Pregnancy
- Very destructive impact accrues over a teenage girl if she becomes pregnant after doing intercourse with a boy. The teenage girl comes under the grip of tremendous dilemma, after realizing some physical changes substantiating her becoming pregnant. She cant muster the courage to apprise her parent of what she is passing through and often leave every thing on fate. As the teens do not know as to what is awaited from their womb, they do their routine works without being much serious of some one getting nurtured in their womb by the nature. Before her lusting acts coming into the notice of her parents, the teenager is found to have put her and her unwanted baby’s life into peril. There remains no any option before her parent except to abort the fetus.
- Harm to girl and her unborn baby can’t be ruled out. So teenage pregnancy not only is immoral but dangerous as well, to the adolescent girl and her baby. It is the duty of responsible mother and father to prevent it from happening with their daughters by taking precautionary steps in advance.
- Teenage pregnancy affects the education of under fourteen girl and causes a great humiliation in her in friend circle. Teenage pregnancy spoils entire career of such teenage girls.
- Parents feel ashamed of their daughter, as her pregnancy makes their negligence public, in the ociety.
- Teenage pregnancy causes psychological and physical trauma to the girl forcing her often to commit suicide specially in the conservative families of developing countries where it is looked upon with hate.
- Pelvis being not grown up enough to sustain the baby leads to a variety of complications such as excessive discharge, unpleasant smell and infection.
- It causes in the teenage girls (in the developing countries), obstetric fistula, eclampsia, infant mortality and oftentimes maternal death.
Factors contributing in Teenage Pregnancy
- Spontaneous curiosity towards sex and a desire to taste it in the proximity of some boys exhorts the teenage girls to get involved in doing whatever they find most enjoyable with their opposite sex, leading to teenage pregnancy.
- Freedom to interact with boys and pass time with them for several hours in seclusion, has got to result into teenage pregnancy.
- Frustration- Carelessness on the part of parents causes a great frustration amongst the adolescents or teenagers, compelling them to seek affection and love form their boy friends. Opposite sex works like a remarkable remedy in lessening psychological dejection, leading to sex and subsequent teenage pregnancy.
- Lack Of Sex Education- Lack of sex education, specially to the teenage girls causes teenage pregnancy. Keeping in view such fact, all the parents should impart sex education upon their teenage daughters so that they should well be equipped with sex knowledge and save temselves from being victimized of teenage pregnancy.
- Sex Abuse- Being not aware of sexual impact maximum number of teenage girls go for sex for the sake of enjoyment only, which often results into theire getting pregnant.
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Impact on the child
Early motherhood can affect the psychosocial development of the infant. The occurrence of developmental disabilities and behavioral issues is increased in children born to teen mothers.[81][82] One study suggested that adolescent mothers are less likely to stimulate their infant through affectionate behaviors such as touch, smiling, and verbal communication, or to be sensitive and accepting toward his or her needs.[81] Another found that those who had more social support were less likely to show anger toward their children or to rely upon punishment.[83]
Poor academic performance in the children of teenage mothers has also been noted, with many of them being more likely than average to fail to graduate from secondary school, be held back a grade level, or score lower on standardized tests.[6] Daughters born to adolescent parents are more likely to become teen mothers themselves.[6][60] A son born to a young woman in her teens is three times more likely to serve time in prison.[84]
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Poor academic performance in the children of teenage mothers has also been noted, with many of them being more likely than average to fail to graduate from secondary school, be held back a grade level, or score lower on standardized tests.[6] Daughters born to adolescent parents are more likely to become teen mothers themselves.[6][60] A son born to a young woman in her teens is three times more likely to serve time in prison.[84]
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