2-Hour Meeting Answer #3

1.  What is your essential question?
My essential question is what is the most important development in modern obstetrics to lowering infant mortality?

2.  What is your third answer to your essential question (write your third answer in a complete sentence)?
My third answer to my essential question is reducing the rate of teenage pregnancies.

3.  What are three details to support or justify your third answer (details are examples or facts)?
The three details that justify my third answer are although the rate of teenage pregnancy has dropped, it is still important for teenage girls to learn which form of contraceptive is useful to prevent an unwanted pregnancy. According to the CDC website, specifically the section about teenage pregnancy, "Pregnancy and birth are significant contributors to high school drop out rates among girls. Only about 50% of teen mothers receive a high school diploma by 22 years of age, versus approximately 90% of women who had not given birth during adolescence." This means that it is vital that teenage girls know the importance of contraceptives if they are having sexual relations and if not it is still important to educate girls. Also from the CDC website in the teenage pregnancy section,"Prevention of teen pregnancy requires evidence-based sex education, support for parents in talking with their children about pregnancy prevention and other aspects of sexual and reproductive health, and ready access to effective and affordable contraception for teens who are sexually active."

4.  What source helped you prove this answer is justified for your essential question?
The source(s) that helped me prove this answer is justified for my essential question are:

• http://www.cdc.gov/TeenPregnancy/PreventTeenPreg.htm
• http://www.cdc.gov/teenpregnancy/aboutteenpreg.htm#resource
• http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_23/sr23_031.pdf
• http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6013a5.htm?s_cid=mm6013a5_w

5.  What do you plan to study next and why?
I plan to study more about teenage pregnancy because I haven't gotten a lot of research on this topic. Also I think by getting more research, I could fully comprehend the overall aspect of teenage pregnancy.