Post on 04-Jan-2016
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Teenage Pregnancy
The issues
Government targets for teenage pregnancy
– Reducing the rate of under 18’s conceptions by 50% by 2010
– Engage more teenage parents in education, training or employment, to reduce the risks of long term social exclusion
What are the issues faced by the NHS
• The vast majority of teenage pregnancies unplanned
• Most teenagers visit services after becoming sexually active
• Highest rate of Chlamydia in 16-19 year olds
• under 16s least likely to use contraception
• 50%of teenagers who become pregnant had received at least one prescription of the pill from their GP
• Pregnant teenagers delay seeking help - late abortions and missed antenatal care
Teenage mothers: outcomes
• Almost 50% smoke during pregnancy
• More likely to experience poor ante-natal care
• Higher maternity complications
• 4 out of 10 affected by post-natal depression
• Six times more likely to have no qualifications
• More likely to experience poverty and deprivation
Children of teenage parents: Outcomes
• Half as likely to breastfed
• 2 X more likely to be admitted to hospital
• 4 X more likely to be born weighing less than 2500grams
• Infant mortality rate 1.5x the average infant mortality rate
Teenage Pregnancy and the Health Service
Partnership GroupsHealth services are developing interagency working groups to improve services together. These include:
Drop-in clinics
Offering free confidential advice and information on health and contraception for 13 -19 year olds
Sex & relationship education in schools
To provide a clear and consistent approach to sex and relationships education in schools using a multi -agency team
Work with young parents
Other partnerships to support young parents include:
‘Skilled up’ programmeOCN accredited course 8 young parents completed
and gained accreditation
Citizen Advice Bureau For pregnant women and young parents aged 23
and under, dealing with Benefits, Housing, Debt management & legal issues
Emergency Hormonal Contraception
(EHC)
EHC is free to young people under 21 in many areas of Birmingham
Some pharmacists have been trained -
It is individual pharmacists that are able to offer service not the premises from which they work, so ‘phone to check they are available