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what is incest

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individuals who are related by blood and engage in sexual activities

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Gonorrhea,Syphillis and HIV/AIDS are examples of

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Sexually transmitted diseases

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State three government agencies that deals with child abuse

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O.C.R O.C.A C.P.F.S.A.

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define teenage pregnancy

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A girl between the age of 13 and 19 becoming pregnant

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define child abuse

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The abuse of a child physically, mentally and sexually by a parent or gaurdian.

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what does O.C.R stand for

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Office of the Children’s Registry

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what does O.C.A stand for

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Office of the children’s advocate

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what does C.P.F.S.A. stand for

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Child Protection and Family Services Agency

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define street children

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Chldren who live on the street between the ages of 13 and 17

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what is poverty

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The inability to afford the necessary items for survival

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what are sexual transmitted diseases

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Infectious diseases caused by viruses which are transmitted by sexual contact

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what is juvinile delinquency

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this is the criminal activity committed by a child below the age of 18

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what is alternative lifestyle

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A lifestyle that is going against the accepted norm and values of society.

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cause of teenage pregnacy

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  • peer pressure
  • dysfunctional homes
  • abuse in homes
  • poverty
  • low self esteem
  • curosity or experiment
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effects of teenage pregnacy

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  • places stress on the county’s
    financial resources
  • distruption in the education of the teenage mother
  • higher rates of poverty
  • medical concern
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solutions of teenage pregnancy

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  • involvement in extra curricular activities
  • teaching sex education in schools
  • promotion of contraception
  • peer conselling
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causes of child abuse

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  • substance abuse
  • parent or guardian was also abused
  • stress of parents
  • insolent children
  • financial or other problems experienced by parents
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effects of child abuse

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  • death
  • causes child to be violent or aggressive
  • physical or mental impairment
  • emotional and physical scars on children
  • resentment of parents
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solutions of child abuse

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  • counselling of parents and abused children
  • discouraging corporal punishment
  • providing affordable child care
  • using other methods of punishment than beating
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causes of street children

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  • unemployment of parents
  • parental neglect
  • peer pressure
  • poverty
  • lack of parental control
  • death of parents
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effects of street children

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  • increase in crime and violence
  • place a pressure on the county’s social infrastructure
  • reduce the productive members of the labour force
  • exposure to drugs and guns
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solution for street children

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  • placing children into homes for safety
  • providing skill training for these children so they can contribute to the society
  • provision of foster homes for these children
  • provision of welfare for poor families
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causes of poverty

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  • unemployment
  • lack of education and training
  • limited financial resources
  • economic hardship (recession)
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effects of poverty

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  • low self esteem
  • increase in criminal activities
  • strain on country’s resources
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solution of poverty

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  • creating employment opportunity
  • welfare provision
  • non governmental agencies assisting these persons
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causes of suicide

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  • broken relationships
  • death or loss of love ones
  • substance abuse
  • depression
  • emotional and financial stress
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effects of suicide

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  • low self esteem
  • disruption in family relationship
  • county robbed of human resources
  • depression on family
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solution for suicide

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  • counselling
  • provide encouragement for victim
  • having good and supportive friends
  • share problems openly with close friends and love ones.
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causes of sexually transmitted diseases

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  • multiple sex partners
  • unprotected sex
  • ignorance
  • promiscuity
  • prostitution
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effects of sexuality transmitted diseases

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  • strain on financial resources of the country
  • deprivation of the country’s labour force
  • increase in the dependency ratio
  • strain on health care
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solution for sexually transmitted diseases

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  • get tested
  • teaching of sex education
  • use of condoms and the availability of these
  • having one sexual partner
  • informing the public about these diseases and their transmission
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causes of juvenile delinquency

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  • lack of parental supervision
  • parents are working most of the time
  • neglect
  • break up in the family
  • drug abuse
  • peer pressure
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effects of juvenile delinquency

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  • strain on country’s resources
  • drop out of school
  • imprisonment
  • poor reputation and character
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solutions for juvenile delinquency

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  • teaching children not to engage in delinquency
  • providing clear rules and punishment for behaviour
  • family counselling
  • guidance counselling at school
  • teaching methods to abstain from peer pressure
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causes of incest

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  • ignorance
  • lack of spousal activity
    family members
  • family dysfunction
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effects of incest

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  • mental and emotional scars on the individuals
  • depression
  • it carries a very bad stigma
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solutions for incest

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  • family and individual therapy
  • counselling
  • participation in support groups
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causes for alternative lifestyle

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  • experiment
  • lifelong preferences
  • money
  • freedom of choice
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effects of alternative lifestyle

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  • can lead to death of the individual that engages in this life style
  • erodes the values and norms of society especially the church teachings
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solutions for alternative lifestyles

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  • more involvement of the church
  • counselling
  • more parental influence
  • abstinence from this type of lifestyle

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