Transcript Teenage Pregnancy Strategy Consultation Event

Risk and Resilience
Teenage Pregnancy
Amanda Gaines and Liz Costello
Teenage Pregnancy
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The majority of teenage pregnancies are
unplanned and around half end in abortion
Damage to health and well-being
Limit education and career prospects.
Children born to teenage mothers are more likely
to experience a range of negative outcomes
Children 3 times more likely to become teenage
parents themselves
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Young people with early onset of sexual activity
Children in care and care leavers – 3 times
more likely to be a parent under 18
Conduct disorders, mental health problems and
involvement in crime
Some ethnic groups:
Teenagers with a previous pregnancy:
Young people who “dislike” school, are
disengaged or have low educational attainment
Daughters of teenage mothers.
The issue is complex as there are a range of factors that are as sociated with
whether a teenager becomes pregnant
Looked after children /
young people leaving care
Behavioural
problems
Disengagement
from school / poor
attendance
Poor educational
attainment
Sexual abuse in
childhood
Social
deprivation
Lack of confidence
in resisting pressure
to have sex
Mental health
problems
Emotional
well-being
Low aspirations
Alcohol/substance
Parental misuse
influence
More likely to
have sex early
Teenage
Pregnancy
Parents and professionals
lack confidence to discuss
sex and relationship issues
with young people
Ethnicity
Less likely to use
contraception
Teenage
mother
Fear of
parents/carers
finding out
Cultural influence
Low self-esteem
Peer influence
Poor and inconsistent
contraceptive use among
Lack of confidence young people
in mainstream health
services
Young people lack skills
and confidence to make
and carry through
positive choices
Lack of easy
access to
contraception
Poor knowledge and skills
among young people in
relation to sex, relationships
and sexual health risks
Low knowledge levels among
boys and young men
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Young people over-estimating how many of their peers
are sexually active
In the hope of it delivering other things
Low self-esteem
Cultural pressures and assumptions
Lack of SRE from an early age
Behaviour
setting
set
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Intervention at the appropriate stage of
young people’s development;
Early intervention;
Ability to reach those at greatest risk and
build resilience;
Sensitivity to the needs of different, racial,
cultural and economic groups;
Workers equipped with the skills and the
knowledge to support young people with the
issues that effect them.
Young people friendly services
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Children’s Advice and Assessment Service
CA%AS -01904 551900
YPSHOT-01904 725440
IDAS- 01904 646630
NSPCC- Minding the baby- 0844 8920 226
Yorbabe- 01904 725440
Lifeline 01904 464680
Castlegate for young people- 01904 55400
http://www.yorok.org.uk/Young%20people/RelationshipsSexual-Health-and-Teenage-Pregnancy.html
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Sexual Exploitation and Sexually Active young
People –CYSGB
Basic sexual Health -WDU
Condom Distribution-NYYPCT or WDU
Substance Misuse- Lifeline
Sex Drugs and Alcohol
Yong People and Pornography
Pleasure