1. Teen Pregnancy and Childhood Abuse
In 2011, according to statistics Canada there 25.7 teenagers per 1000 would fall pregnant between the ages of 15 and 19 years of age. ... Regarding the mother's health she may face; anaemia, hypertension, eclampsia, depressive disorders if she decides to go through with the pregnancy, the child is at a high propensity to be born preterm and with a lower birth weight (Teen pregnancy, 2012). ... Investigating if there is a relationship between childhood sexual abuse and teen pregnancy is impetrative because as stated above there are devastating effects to both the mother and child when a t...
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