Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Find Families In Mexico - High Pregnancy Rates for Foster Children

Medical experts have always said that teen pregnancy can have adverse effects in the body. It has been found that females foster kids in their teens are twice as likely to become pregnant than the ones who generally live with parents. More shocking is that statistics say that these foster teens even experience a repeat pregnancy before reaching the age of 19.

Such troublesome scenario is nothing but lack of awareness and information. In spite of child care agencies catering to the needs of female foster kids, very little has been done to ensure that they avoid pregnancy at such an early age.

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Distressing statistics reveal that around 33% of female foster teens become pregnancy by the time they reach the age of 17 or 18, compared to their peers in the general population, who average around a 14% pregnancy rate. Alarmingly, 51% of female foster youths become pregnant by the age of 19, whereas the number just reaches 20% for all female youths among the general population.

The statistics show a strong rise in the number of pregnant former foster children by the age of 23 with the percentage being as much as 77% while the pregnancy rates among their peers in the general population constitute about 40%.

Repeating pregnancy at such an adolescent age is extremely dangerous and can have harmful effects in the growth of the body. Here too, female foster youths surpass their counterparts in the general population where the percentage is 46 versus 34 respectively.

Teen pregnancy is an epidemic that continues to spread like wild fire, and the statistics paint a woeful picture for female foster children. It is high time that the appropriate agencies bolster their remedial activities with strong public awareness to find a long term solution.

Regards,

foster children
  Richard

Richard Villasana
Find Families In Mexico

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