Background Template

Unit 1 Proposal Template

Student Name

Mitchelle K. Baker

Working Title

Develop your capstone working title below.

Teenage pregnancy in Mississippi

General Problem Statement

Develop your general problem statement below.

The issue and crisis of teenage pregnancy in Mississippi has been on the increase over the last

years. The general problem is that teenage pregnancy in the United States has been on the

increases, especially in Mississippi. This is a problem in Mississippi as well as the United

States due to the implications that are associated with teenage pregnancy and teenage

parenting, such as impact on education as well as the economy.

Specific Problem Statement

Develop your specific problem statement below.

The specific problem in this research paper is the teenage pregnancy prevalent in the United

States and especially in Mississippi. According to statistics presented by researchers and other

organizations, Mississippi has been ranked as the second state with the highest cases of

teenage pregnancy in the United States. Despite the total reduction in the cases and number of

teenage pregnancy in most industrialized parts of the world, Mississippi as a state has been

recording and increase in the number and cases of teenage pregnancy (Kearney, M. S., &

Levine, P. B. 2012). In most cases, girls aged between fifteen and nineteen, in a ratio of one

out of five births have children. Rationally, this implies that Mississippi is experiencing crisis

regarding teenage pregnancy.

Purpose Statement

Develop your purpose statement below.

The purpose of this study and research paper is to identify the strategies such as policy

formulation that can be used for the reduction and minimization of the increment in the

prevalent cases of teenage pregnancy in the United States, and more specifically in the

Mississippi. Rationale behind the carrying out of this research is the increase in the cases of

teenage pregnancies in the Mississippi. Additionally, impacts and effects of teenage pregnancy

such as impact on the education sector as well as the economy of the country calls in for the

need to carry out this research (Garney, W., Wilson, K., Nelon, J., Muraleetharan, D.,

McLeroy, K., & Baletka, D. M. 2019). Consequently, connection existing between child

welfare and the system of juvenile is an important aspect that will be reviewed and analyzed

by the study. As a way of addressing the issue of teenage pregnancy in Mississippi, this

research paper will also involve the development of strategies and techniques for the

formulation of policies by the legislators of the state on the preventive measures of teenage

pregnancy. Prevalence of teen pregnancies in Mississippi clearly shows that something needs

to be done, such as the previously stated techniques and strategies to be developed. As a result

of teenage pregnancy, the educational attainment and achievement of these teenagers is

interfered with, which makes it difficult for these teenagers to achieve their career goals,

shaped by education (McDavitt, L., Black, F., Grant, M., & Ko, J. Y. 2015). Most of the

research done shows that children of teenagers have higher possibilities and chances of

entering children welfare or even the systems of juvenile. Lack of prior preparation by these

teenagers on issues of parenting results in to most of these children being placed in foster care.

Due to the increase on the cases of teenage pregnancy, physicians and counsellors need of

educate the teens on the issues of contraceptives and other ways of protecting not only

pregnancy cases, but also other sexually transmitted diseases (Rubin, S. E., Coy, L. N., Yu, Q.,

& Muncie Jr, H. L. 2016).

Research Questions

Develop your research question(s) below.

| RQ1: What are the effects and impacts of teenage pregnancy on the economy and the

education sector of Mississippi and the United States at large?

RQ2: What strategies and initiatives should be developed as a way of addressing the issue of teenage pregnancy in the Mississippi?

RQ3: Why is Mississippi state having higher cases of teenage pregnancy as compared to other

states in the United States?

References

Provide your list of references below.

Garney, W., Wilson, K., Nelon, J., Muraleetharan, D., McLeroy, K., & Baletka, D. M. (2019).

Ecological Approaches to Teen Pregnancy Prevention: An Examination of Evidence-Based

Interventions. Health promotion practice, 20(4), 494-501.

Kearney, M. S., & Levine, P. B. (2012). Why is the teen birth rate in the United States so high and why does it matter?. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 26(2), 141-63.

McDavitt, L., Black, F., Grant, M., & Ko, J. Y. (2015). Addressing teen birth in southern urban

communities in the United States. In NAAAS Conference Proceedings (p. 284). National

Association of African American Studies.

Oyedele, O., Wright, S., & Maja, T. (2015). Community participation in teenage pregnancy

prevention programmes: A systematic review. International journal of Nursing

Didactics, 5(05), 26-38.

Rubin, S. E., Coy, L. N., Yu, Q., & Muncie Jr, H. L. (2016). Louisiana and Mississippi family

physicians' contraception counseling for adolescents with a focus on intrauterine

contraception. Journal of pediatric and adolescent gynecology, 29(5), 458-463.

Acknowledgement

I hereby acknowledge that I have thoroughly read, reviewed, and understand the research,

citation, and APA expectations outlined in Writing with Integrity: Expectations for Academic

Research and Professional Writing.

I hereby acknowledge I have read, reviewed and understood the research, the citations used

and the APA referencing guidelines according to the expectations that have been outlined with

regard to integrity. I hereby acknowledge that is my original work, and that I have followed all

the outlined writing guidelines.

Mitchelle K. Baker