Teen Pregnancy

Using the Rasmussen College library (online database) for all resources, find a topic you feel is suitable (real world, everyday life) for a brief 2–3-page research paper, and compose an annotated bibliography (not the entire paper) of 100-word annotations from a minimum of five resources from credible academic databases or eBooks. Be sure to employ APA method of documentation.

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Teen Pregnancy

Diaz, C. J., & Fiel, J. E. (2016). The effect (s) of teen pregnancy: Reconciling theory, methods, and findings. Demography, 53(1), 85-116.

Diaz & Fiel (2016), examine the effects of teen pregnancy among young women. According to their research, girls who get pregnant in their teens are economically disadvantaged compared to their peers who are childless. Most teen moms are likely to drop out of high school which lowers their competitive advantage economically and in the job market. According to Diaz & Fiel (2016), children born of teen mothers have lower cognitive abilities and are also likely to become parents in their teens. Their research however does not only concentrate on the disadvantages of being a tee mom. They state that some teenagers view their situation from a positive angle their motherhood becomes a turning point in their lives.

Smith, C., Strohschein, L., & Crosnoe, R. (2018). Family histories and teen pregnancy in the United States and Canada. Journal of Marriage and Family, 80(5), 1244-1258.

The study by Smith et al. (2018), focus on family histories and teen pregnancy in the US and Canada. The study mainly focuses on finding out factors that could contribute to the risk of teen pregnancy such as childhood experiences. The results of their study showed that teenage pregnancy is attributed to poverty and family change in the United States. Teenagers from poor backgrounds are at a higher risk of getting pregnant in their teens. This observation was also made in Canada hence the conclusion that instability and poverty are risk factors in terms of teen pregnancy and that teenagers from unstable homes are at higher risk of getting pregnant in their teens compared to their counterparts from stable homes.

Mueller, T., Tevendale, H. D., Fuller, T. R., House, L. D., Romero, L. M., Brittain, A., & Varanasi, B. (2017). Teen pregnancy prevention: Implementation of a multicomponent, community-wide approach. Journal of Adolescent Health, 60(3), S9-S17.

According to Mueller et al. (2017), teen birth rates declined by 64% between 1991 and 2015 in the United States. The US however one of the highest teenage pregnancy rates among the developed countries. The geographic and racial disparities in teen pregnancies persist hence the need to develop guidelines to prevent widespread teen pregnancies. Mueller et al. (2017) discuss initiatives that have been created to reduce teen pregnancy and birth rates in communities that exceed the national average. Some of the initiatives involve the application of evidence-based teen pregnancy prevention programs with youth. Some programs increase the access to clinical services for the youth and encourage protected sex among male and female teenagers.

Charlton, B. M., Roberts, A. L., Rosario, M., Katz-Wise, S. L., Calzo, J. P., Spiegelman, D., & Austin, S. B. (2018). Teen pregnancy risk factors among young women of diverse sexual orientations. Pediatrics, 141(4).

Charlton et al. (2018) examine the likelihood of teenage pregnancies in teenagers of diverse sexual orientations. According to their study, the rates of teenage pregnancies vary among diverse sexual orientations and sexual minorities like lesbians and bisexuals are twice as likely to get pregnant in their teens compared to heterosexuals.  Their study showed that childhood maltreatment and bullying were significant risk factors in teen pregnancies. The results were similar to those of Smith et al. (2018) which showed that instability in homes predisposed teenagers to early pregnancy. Sexual minorities are at higher risk because they reach sexual developmental milestones earlier which leads to higher risks of teenage pregnancy.

Feldman Farb, A., & Margolis, A. L. (2016). The teen pregnancy prevention program (2010-2015): Synthesis of impact findings. American Journal of Public Health, 106(S1), S9-S15.

Feldman Farb & Margolis (2016), focus on the prevention of teenage pregnancy. Their study is similar to that of Mueller et al. (2017) as both studies focus on programs that could contribute to the reduction of teenage pregnancies. Feldman Farb & Margolis (2016), examine the effectiveness of the teenage prevention programs that are in progress in the US. According to their study, the programs have made significant contributions in building evidence-based programs and have helped in the expansion of information, therefore, increasing the effectiveness of the programs. According to their study 31 programs are effective in the reduction of teenage pregnancies, STIs and risk behaviors.

References

Charlton, B. M., Roberts, A. L., Rosario, M., Katz-Wise, S. L., Calzo, J. P., Spiegelman, D., & Austin, S. B. (2018). Teen pregnancy risk factors among young women of diverse sexual orientations. Pediatrics, 141(4). https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/141/4/e20172278/37722/Teen-Pregnancy-Risk-Factors-Among-Young-Women-of.  https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2017-2278

Diaz, C. J., & Fiel, J. E. (2016). The effect (s) of teen pregnancy: Reconciling theory, methods, and findings. Demography, 53(1), 85-116. https://read.dukeupress.edu/demography/article/53/1/85/167325/The-Effect-s-of-Teen-Pregnancy-Reconciling-Theory. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13524-015-0446-6

Feldman Farb, A., & Margolis, A. L. (2016). The teen pregnancy prevention program (2010-2015): Synthesis of impact findings. American Journal of Public Health, 106(S1), S9-S15. https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/full/10.2105/AJPH.2016.303367

Mueller, T., Tevendale, H. D., Fuller, T. R., House, L. D., Romero, L. M., Brittain, A., & Varanasi, B. (2017). Teen pregnancy prevention: Implementation of a multicomponent, community-wide approach. Journal of Adolescent Health, 60(3), S9-S17. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1054139X16308266. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2016.11.002

Smith, C., Strohschein, L., & Crosnoe, R. (2018). Family histories and teen pregnancy in the United States and Canada. Journal of Marriage and Family, 80(5), 1244-1258. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jomf.12512?casa_token=QQBFEUgMniwAAAAA%3A0km8woq_EqFQexUY6UNsjlrvJCnabPpjKEb9ET3V6OC0eyoPR0m8kkCskpzAFht-2G7kiM83Nr5Aizzq7w