Teenage Pregnancy and Young Parenthood, Effective Policy and Practice

Teenage Pregnancy and Young Being a parent supplies a thorough, unrivaled insight into the UK Government’s highly successful Teenage Pregnancy Strategy (TPS) for England which minimized the under-18 pregnancy rate by well over 50%, and thinks about how the lessons from this policy can be applied worldwide. This essential book captures and shares the lessons from the TPS for future governments and policy makers, and documents the details of executing a long-term method with its innovative method to policy concerns. After offering the reasoning for prioritising teenage pregnancy, the book demonstrates proof for what is effective, both in helping youths avoid unexpected pregnancy and in improving results for young parents. The TPS is evaluated versus the World Health Organisation’s key actions for effective scale-up of teen sexual and reproductive health programmes, to offer a crucial contribution to global understanding of this international public health obstacle. Advocating a ‘entire systems’ multi-agency technique this book translates evidence into clear action, and combines theory and practice with illustrative case studies to demonstrate how to execute policy successfully. It is important reading for policy makers and professionals dealing with youths’s health, in addition to undergraduate and postgraduate trainees in the fields of psychology, health research studies, social work, youth work, education, social policy, sociology and associated disciplines.

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