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Childbearing Among Teenagers During the past 40 years teenagers have been identified with having many social problems such as drug abuse, suicide, criminal behavior and childbearing. Even though these concerns have not shown a significant threat to the welfare of future generations, there has been considerable effort, especially in industrialized countries, to control and prevent these issues. Teenage pregnancy, in particular, has made an impressive improvement over recent years.1 Compared to the last three decades, 33% less teenagers in Canada were pregnant in 2001 according to Statistics Canada (Medical News Today, 2004). When analyzing teenage pregnancy rates in industrialized countries, Canada and Great Britain's rates were modest when compared to the low rates in Sweden and France and the highest rate in the United States (The Alan Guttmacher Institute, 2001). Parents, teachers, community leaders and service providers have increased the motivation of youth to achieve higher levels of education, enforced sexual...

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