Teenage pregnancy: guidance
This page contains key guidance and further resources for local authorities and primary care trusts on teenage pregnancy.
Guidance and Resource Documents on Teenage
Pregnancy
Getting
Maternity Services Right for Pregnant Teenagers and Young Fathers (June
2008)
This booklet has been written for midwives, doctors, maternity support workers
and receptionists who are involved in the care of pregnant teenagers and young
fathers. It sets out the reasons why it is important to improve the maternity
service offered to young parents, and offers practical guidance on working with
pregnant teenagers and young fathers.
Teenage
parents: who cares? A guide to commissioning and delivering maternity services
for young parents. (2nd edition) (July 2008)
The new edition of this guide, published by the DCSF, the Department of Health
and the Royal College of Midwives, contains practical pointers as to how
commissioning and delivery of maternity services for young parents can be
achieved, with case studies of successful services. It places renewed emphasis
on multi-agency working in the commissioning and delivery of
services. Copies can be ordered free of charge from Prolog (tel: 0845 60 222
60) quoting reference 00414-2008BKT-EN.
Improving
Access to Sexual Health Services for Young People in Further Education
Settings (June 2007)
Teenage
Pregnancy: Accelerating the Strategy to 2010 (September 2006)
Accompanying guidance showing how local strategies need to develop, taking
account of what has been working in areas with sharply declining rates.
Multi-agency
Working to Support Pregnant Teenagers (April 2007)
This new midwifery guide highlights effective practice on issues of
confidentiality and sharing information about individual teenage mothers.
Enabling
Young People to Access Contraceptive and Sexual Health Information and
Advice (2004)
The legal and policy framework for social Workers, residential social workers,
foster carers and other social care practitioners.
Extended
Schools: Improving Access to Sexual Health Advice Services
'You're
Welcome' Quality Criteria: Making Health Services Young People
Friendly
Enabling
Young People to Access Contraceptive and Sexual Health Advice: Guidance for
Youth Support Workers
Social
Exclusion Unit Report on Teenage Pregnancy
This page was last updated on 14 July 2008
