Risk and Resilience Teenage Pregnancy Amanda Gaines and Liz Costello.

Risk and ResilienceTeenage Pregnancy

Amanda Gaines and Liz Costello

Teenage Pregnancy

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

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.

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T e ena g e P re gn a ncy

P o or a nd in consis te nt c on trace p tive us e am on g y ou ng peo p le

Y o ung pe op le lack s kil ls an d co n fide nce to m ake an d ca r ry th rough po si tive ch o ice s

P a re n ts an d p ro fe s sio na ls la ck con fid ence to d isc u ss sex an d rela tion sh ip i ssue s wi th young pe op le

Lac k o f con fid ence in m a instream h ea lth se rv ices

Fe a r o f pa ren ts/c a re rs find ing ou t La ck of eas y

acc ess to con trace p tion

Disen gage m e n t fro m sc h oo l / po o r a ttendan ce

B e haviou ra l p rob lem s

Lo w as pi ra tions

P a re n ta l in fluen ce

C u ltu ra l in flue nce

P e e r in flue nce

E m o tiona lw e ll-be ing

S o cia l de pr iv a tio n

Lo oked afte r ch ild re n / you ng peop le le avin g ca re

T e enag em o the r

Men ta l he a l th p rob lem s

S e xua l a buse in ch i ld hood

Lo w s el f-es teem

La ck o f c onfidenc e in resis ting p res su re to have sex

A lc oh ol /sub stan ce m isu s e

M ore like ly to ha ve s ex ea rly

P o o r knowledg e and ski lls am on g young pe op le in re la tion to sex, re la tionsh ips an d se xua l h ea lth r isk s

Low know le dge le ve ls a m on g boy s a nd young men

E thn ic ity

P o o r e duca tio na l a tta inm en t

Le ss l ike ly to u se con trace p tion

T e ena g e P re gn a ncy

P o or a nd in consis te nt c on trace p tive us e am on g y ou ng peo p le

Y o ung pe op le lack s kil ls an d co n fide nce to m ake an d ca r ry th rough po si tive ch o ice s

P a re n ts an d p ro fe s sio na ls la ck con fid ence to d isc u ss sex an d rela tion sh ip i ssue s wi th young pe op le

Lac k o f con fid ence in m a instream h ea lth se rv ices

Fe a r o f pa ren ts/c a re rs find ing ou t La ck of eas y

acc ess to con trace p tion

Disen gage m e n t fro m sc h oo l / po o r a ttendan ce

B e haviou ra l p rob lem s

Lo w as pi ra tions

P a re n ta l in fluen ce

C u ltu ra l in flue nce

P e e r in flue nce

E m o tiona lw e ll-be ing

S o cia l de pr iv a tio n

Lo oked afte r ch ild re n / you ng peop le le avin g ca re

T e enag em o the r

Men ta l he a l th p rob lem s

S e xua l a buse in ch i ld hood

Lo w s el f-es teem

La ck o f c onfidenc e in resis ting p res su re to have sex

A lc oh ol /sub stan ce m isu s e

M ore like ly to ha ve s ex ea rly

P o o r knowledg e and ski lls am on g young pe op le in re la tion to sex, re la tionsh ips an d se xua l h ea lth r isk s

Low know le dge le ve ls a m on g boy s a nd young men

E thn ic ity

P o o r e duca tio na l a tta inm en t

Le ss l ike ly to u se con trace p tion

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

setsetting

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

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.yor-ok.org.uk/Young%20people/

Relationships-Sexual-Health-and-Teenage-Pregnancy.html

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