Community Analysis Alabama

Community Analysis Alabama

Contents

Introduction2

Major Issues Montgomery3

Teen Pregnancy3

Use of illegal drugs3

Possible Solution5

Teen pregnancy5

Illegal use of drugs5

Social workers goal7

Goals7

Program Objectives8

Conclusion9

References11

Community Analysis Alabama

Introduction

The state of Alabama closely resembles the general U.S. population in some statistical indices of motherhood, but varies widely in others. For example, 49.7 percent of all Alabama households were married-couple families, and 39.6 percent of those families had children of their own under 18 years; the comparable figures for all households in the United States were 49.8 percent and 43.5 percent, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) for 2005 through 2007. In Alabama, 14.5 percent of all households were headed by women with no husband present, and 57.8 percent of those households had children under 18. In the United States, those figures were 12.5 and 59.6 percent, respectively. The average family size in Alabama was 3.04 persons, just slightly lower than the national average of 3.19. Professional social workers are generally considered those who hold a degree in social work. Often these practitioners must also obtain a license or be professionally registered.

The education of social workers begins with a Bachelor's degree (BA, BSc, BSSW, BSW, etc) or diploma in Social Work. Some countries offer Postgraduate degrees in Social Work like Master's (such as MSW , MA, MSc, MRes, MPhil etc) or PhD (doctoral studies). More and more graduates of social work continue to post-doctoral studies. It has been argued that social work education is supposed to be a lifelong process.

In a number of countries and jurisdictions, registration or licensure of people working as social workers is required and there are mandated qualifications. In other places, a professional association sets academic and experiential requirements for admission to membership. The success of these professional bodies' efforts is demonstrated in the fact that these same requirements are recognized by employers as necessary for employment

Major Issues Montgomery

Teen Pregnancy

Montgomery has one of the highest teen pregnancy rates in the US. Every year, more than 8000 babies are born by teenage girls, aged 12-19 years old. 1st county by percentage ranks Lowndes County. Statistic also says that 80% of teenage pregnancies are unintended and to unmarried teens. 70% of teen pregnancies are fathered by men older than 20. (Pardeck, 2002)

Unintended birth often leads to unplanned marriages or single parenting. These are not only problems teen mothers have to face, off course. Only one-third receives a high school diploma and only 1-2% ever gets a college degree. Almost every one of them ends up on welfare.

Health risks are much higher for younger mothers them mothers at an older age. They include anemia, high blood pressure, premature delivery and even death. This is not because of immature physical development, but because in most cases teen mothers lack prenatal care. Some teen girls will hide the fact of their pregnancy for months from others, especially from their parents, and not getting proper medical care. Others do not even realize they carry a baby and continue with the youth way of ...