The Department of Communities and Local Government has published a briefing in partnership with the Department for Education and Skills and the Department of Health, Common themes: Local Strategic Partnerships and Teenage Pregnancy, here.
It aims to highlight how effective programmes to tackle teenage pregnancy can contribute to LSPs achieving their key priorities and outcomes. The briefing is primarily aimed at LSPs in receipt of Neighbourhood Renewal Funding, and asks LSPs to consider how they could assist partnership working in helping to tackle teenage conception rates.
Alcohol use is cited as a risk factor for teenage pregnancy:
Research among south London teenagers found regular smoking, drinking and experimenting with drugs increased the risk of starting sex under-16 for both young men and women. Other studies have found teenagers who report having sex under the influence of alcohol are less likely to use contraception and more likely to regret the experience.
This research comes from Alcohol Concern's 2002 report Alcohol and Teenage Pregnancy. It would be good to see LSPs do local research into the links between alcohol and TP, like this from Rochdale.
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A pregnant teenager is just as susceptible to alcohol abuse. A teenage girl becomes pregnant due to unprotected sex while intoxicated, but she might still have difficulty in giving up this habit. Alcohol, just like other addictive substances, can have such dangerous effects on a fetus, the most serious of them being death. Other effects are complications in birth, physical defects, and mental retardation.
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Posted by: alcoholism teenager | Friday, March 20, 2009 at 02:42 AM
i think it is wrong that teenagers when drunk dont use protection, thats just asking to fall pregnant.
Posted by: Taylah Moyle | Thursday, July 30, 2009 at 03:49 AM