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Teenage pregnancy

Reducing under-18 conception rates is one of the improvement priorities for the borough as set out in the Children and Young People's Plan.

An annual teenage pregnancy assessment is completed to identify and prioritise areas of need.

Our five priority areas for 2007/8 are:

  • targeted work with vulnerable groups
  • improving confidential, accessible youth-friendly sexual health services
  • improving sex and relationship education in schools
  • improving the housing, educational and parenting support services for teenage parents
  • raise the profile of young people’s sexual health services through a high-profile information campaign

We have already put in place the following measures:

  • the roll out of EHC through community pharmacies, free to young women in Camden age 13-18 years old
  • training Youth and Connexions in Sex and Relationships Education (SRE) and SRE Champions identified across the service
  • a sexual health strategy for Camden has been developed which has a young people’s component
  • a young people’s sexual health outreach coordinator is in post supporting ‘at risk’ groups

Over 2007/8 we are planning on:

  • Raising the profile of young people’s sexual health services through the launch of an information campaign called urLife. This includes distributing information on how to access sexual health services to young people and professionals. We will use existing existing events throughout the summer involving the PCT health bus, Camden Summer University and Camden Unity Cup to promote urLife.
  • Undertaking a review of all primary and secondary schools in Camden to identify gaps in provision and further target the work of sexual health education team (SHET).
  • Developing a C Card condom distribution scheme.

Performance Management

In 2007, Camden’s teenage conception rate has gone down from the previous year to 39.6 (-19.6%) which compared favourably with the inner-London rate of 52.6 (-21.1%).

Contact the Senior Commissioning Officer with a lead for teenage pregnancy

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