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HTH 423 E3 Teen Pregnancy: Plan B & HPV Vaccination
Contemporary Health Issues
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Health Care
Undergraduate 4
02/25/2013

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Teen girls having children has dropped by ___ in past 20 yrs
Definition
40
Term
____ teen girls give birth everyday
Definition
1,100
Term
_______ teens give birth each year in US
Definition
400,000
Term
TV ads in _____ encourage abstinence; however, it has the ____ highest teen pregnancy rate in America
Definition
Texas, 3rd
Term
TV, music, Internet & other popular youth media tend to glamorize ___ & ____ _______
Definition
sex, teen parenting
Term
___% of all teenage girls give birth each year
Definition
4
Term
Teen births represent ____% of the 4M each year
Definition
10
Term
Teen birth rates in the U.S. are up to ___ times higher than in most other developed countries
Definition
9
Term
Hispanic and AA teen girls are ___ to ___ times more likely to give birth than white teen girls
Definition
2-3
Term
More AA teen girls ever having sex is also ______ than for Hispanic & white teen girls
Definition
higher
Term
AA teen boys ever having sex is _____ than Hispanics or whites
Definition
greater
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Girls born to teen parents are almost ___% more likely to become teen parents themselves, continuing the cycle of teen pregnancy.
Definition
33
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About ___% of teen mothers will earn HS diploma by age 22 compared with ___% of teen girls who do not give birth.
Definition
50, 90
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Teen childbearing costs U.S. taxpayers about
Definition
$9 billion each year.
Term
___ have had sexual intercourse, a decrease of about ___ from 1991
Definition
50, 20
Term
___% of sexually active boys and girls did not use birth control, compared to ___% in 1991
Definition
12, 16
Term
___% of girls & ___% of boys received formal sex ed re: abstinence & birth control
Definition
65, 53
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___% of girls & ___% of boys talked w/their parents about abstinence & BC
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44, 27
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2006-2008; _____+ ppl ages 15-44 (Nat’l Center for Health Statistics, 2011)
Definition
13,000
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More teens & young adults say they’ve never had
Definition
sex
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___% women had same-sex sexual encounter, compared with __% of men.
Definition
12.5, 5
Term
Hispanic women were ___ likely than white and AA women to report same-sex encounters because of cultural taboos
Definition
less
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___% men said they’d had at least 15 sexual partners in their lifetime, compared with 8 percent of women
Definition
21
Term
_____ ____ was much more common among 15-24-year-olds who lost their virginity at age 20 or older
Definition
oral sex
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