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This 15 page paper begins by reporting the teenage pregnancy rates and the decline in the rate over the last decade. The essay then reports some of the antecedents to teenage pregnancy, factors that put a teenage girl at higher risk of becoming pregnant. The next section reports and discusses some of the many teenage pregnancy programs that have been successful, including programs that focus on boys and young men. The last section discusses the agencies that would be involved in a hypothetical teenage pregnancy prevention program in New Jersey. Each agency is identified along with the resources they could provide. The writer also discusses working with a divergent group. Statistical data included. Bibliography lists 14 sources.
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The rate peaked in 1990 with 117 pregnancies for every 1,000 women between the ages of 15 and 19 (Medical News Today, 2005). By 2000, the rate had dropped to
84 pregnancies per 1,000 teens and dropped again to 74 per 1,000 in 2003 (Medical News Today, May, 2005). The numbers reflect rates of abortions, miscarriages and live births (Medical
News Today, May, 2005). The most recent data from the National Center for Health Statistics shows another decrease in teenage pregnancy: "For 2004, the preliminary birth rate for girls aged
15-19 is 41.2 per 1,000. Overall, the teen birth rate decreased 33.3% between 1991 and 2004" (The National Campaign To Prevent Teen Pregnancy, 2005). The issue of teen pregnancy
is different between and among communities. While the rate declined by 30 percent nationally in the 1990s, in Houston, the rate dropped by 37 percent between 1996 and 2003 and
it dropped by 32 percent in the state of Texas over that same time span (Medical News Today, ). New Jersey saw a 35 percent drop in teen pregnancy
rates between 1991 and 2002 (Albert and Esterman, 2005). The national rate was still high for black and Latino girls, however (Medical News Today, ). Black teens were
more than twice as likely to become pregnant as white teens and Latina teens were 3.5 times more likely to get pregnant than white teens (Medical News Today, ).
Even so, there have been improvements in the teenage pregnancy rate. Compared to 1991, the rates by ethnicity in 2004: * Non-Hispanic White teens is down 38.2% (The National Campaign
To Prevent Teen Pregnancy, 2005). * Non-Hispanic Black teens is down 47.0% (The National Campaign To Prevent Teen Pregnancy, 2005). * American Indian teens is down 37.6% (The National Campaign
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