CYC 702 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Birth Weight, Infant Mortality, Prenatal Care
11 Dec 2016
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Decline in teen pregnancy related to decreased sexual activity and increase contraception. 6/10 youth have sex before the end of high school, 1/5 before 15, 1/3 pregnant before 20. Us has the highest teen pregnancy rates among industrialized nations, may be due to the lack of confidential, available and inexpensive contraception; also highest abortion rate. Regular drug use, african american and latino, southern state teens, are all risk factors. High academic expectations, good parental relationships, low rates of substance use and more frequent attendance to religious services lead to contraception use. Publicly funded contraceptive services avert about 155,000 births, 183,000 abortions and. Lowered rates of abortion (though still high) and extremely low rates of adoption. Scope of the problem: aids and other sexually transmitted diseases. Chlamydia is the most diagnosed within teens, 30% chance of getting herpes, 50% gonorrhea, 1/6 chance of contracting an sti, 1/2 of all new hiv infections in 2001 were those under 25.
