Support For Pregnant Chinese Women, Annotated Bibliography Example

Adams, A. and D’Souza, R. (2009). “Teenage contraception”. General Practice Update 2 (6): 36–39.

The reference above is an overview of the global teenage contraception issues that persist worldwide.  Teenagers continue to lack the use of contraception resulting in teenage pregnancies.

Armstrong, Bruce (2001). “Adolescent Pregnancy”. In Alex Gitterman. Handbook of Social Work Practice with Vulnerable and Resilient Populations (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Columbia University Press.

The above reference discusses the Chinese tradition and the problems it faces in regard to teenage pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases.  In addition, the reference discusses the factors of stress, courage, and coping that go along with such instances.

Checkland, David and James Wong (1999). Teen Pregnancy and Parenting: Social and Ethical Issues. Toronto, Canada; Buffalo, NY: University of Toronto Press.

Reasearch from this reference focus on teen pregnancy and parenting, as well as policies and social conditions and values.  The article impresses that in order to understand teen pregnancy, the social context and policies must be understood as well.

Harris, Irving B. (1996). Children in Jeopardy: Can We Break the Cycle of Poverty?. New Haven, CT: Yale Child Study Center: Distributed by Yale University Press.

The book discusses the need for mothers to be required to be educated on the topic of pregnancy and healthy child development.  In addition, the author conducts demographic research to argue the societal factors and economic factors of teenage pregnancy.

Park, M.  (2012).  Woman could break Chinese political glass ceiling.  CNN.  Retrieved from: http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/08/world/asia/china-women-politics/

Article describing the strides for politics and women in China.  In addition, the article descrives other advances women have made in China, in regard to the workforce and education.

WHO.  (2008).  Adolsecent Pregnancy.  MPS Note.  1(1).  Retrieved from: http://www.who.int/maternal_child_adolescent/documents/mpsnnotes_2_lr.pdf

The article describes adolescent pregnancy worldwide and the high risk situations that occur due to the decrease in maternal age.

The World Bank.  (2014).  Adolesent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19). Retrieved from: http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.ADO.TFRT

The website provides statistical data illustrating the adolescent fertility rates for women aged 15-19 worldwide.  Each country was provided with a known number of births/1000 women in each country.