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Yesenia Avina CHHS 302: Professional Writing For Health and Human Services Psychology Teen Pregnancy Among the Latino Population. Professional Interest. psychology major MFT -Marriage and Family Therapist regardless of the problem, therapy can be beneficial.

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Professional Interest

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  1. YeseniaAvinaCHHS 302: Professional Writing For Health and Human ServicesPsychologyTeen Pregnancy Among the Latino Population

  2. Professional Interest • psychology major • MFT -Marriage and Family Therapist • regardless of the problem, therapy can be beneficial. • teen will need all support as well as the families involved

  3. Critical Situation/Problem • U.S has the highest teen pregnancy rate of all industrialized • one out of three adolescent females during her teen years • one out of every 10 women aged 15-19 • low-birth weight babies • child abuse and neglect • developmental delays and disabilities among infants • school dropout • strain on public health and welfare systems • increased medical costs • stunted workforce development

  4. Rhetorical Timing The National Campaign estimates that 52% of Latinas will become pregnant at least once by age 20 - compared to nearly 3 in 10 teen girls overall

  5. “They Say”: A Brief Summary of the Causes and Effects • social factors: • relationships with families and parents • have less social support from family and friends with regard to contraceptive use than White teenagers (Sangi-Haghpeykar et al., 2006)

  6. Community Connection • Everyone not only those with teenage kids • can get involved to help reduce the number of teen pregnancy • Teens drop out of high school> • becomes young parents> • not continuing onto higher education. • later have an effect on their children’s development • important:what methods are the most useful • better identify the best ways to promote sexual health

  7. Questions or Comments?

  8. References • Kirby, D. (2002). Antecedents of adolescent initiation of sex, contraceptive use, and pregnancy. American Journal Health Behavior, 26, 473-485. • Sangi-Haghpeykar, H., Ali, N., Posner, S., & Poindexter, A. N. (2006). Disparities in contraceptive knowledge, attitude and use between Hispanic and non-Hispanic whites. Contraception, 74, 125-132.

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