Sentences with phrase «teenage pregnancy support»
Case study (Young Fathers): Mainstreaming engagement in a Teenage Pregnancy Service Mainstreaming engagement with young fathers in its service for young parents is a serious concern for Hull's Teenage Pregnancy Support Service.
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David Paton argues that academic studies of the effects of the government's Teenage Pregnancy Strategy strongly support the primary role of parents...
Congress identified the following purposes: the promotion of «self - discipline and other prudent approaches to the problem of adolescent premarital sexual relations,» the promotion of adoption as an alternative for adolescent parents, the development of new approaches to the delivery of care to pregnant teenage girls, and the support of research and demonstration projects «concerning the societal causes and consequences of adolescent premarital sexual relations, contraceptive use, pregnancy, and child rearing.»
The programme is aimed at 14 year olds upwards and meets the requirements of the teenage pregnancy strategy as both a prevention and support initiative.
• There is also tentative evidence from the US of a link between strong child support enforcement and reduced pregnancy and pregnancy resolution in teenage girls, with the strongest effect for non-Hispanic whites (Plotnick et al, 2004).
Grants received from Sure Start and the Teenage Pregnancy Unit meant extensive support work was already underway for young mothers in the region.
In support of this, as adults we should endeavour to equip young people with the knowledge and resources to be able to protect themselves against STIs, unintended pregnancy and their consequences; earlier advertising of condoms and pregnancy advisory services will be a step forward in meeting this aim and may contribute to lowering high rates of teenage pregnancy as part of a concerted strategy.
Adam has also provided pro-bono support to a range of charities tackling teenage pregnancy, reducing inequality, and widening participation in Higher Education.
The goal of support programs for pregnant and parenting teenagers, put simply, is to buck these trends: generally speaking, programs that provide support for teenage parents seek to reduce their dropout rates, including through the prevention of further unplanned pregnancies (teenage parents of more than one child are even more likely to drop out than those with only one).
The Connecticut Department of Education, for example, provides a program known as the Support for Pregnant and Parenting Teenagers (SPPT) grant, which operates in the five districts statewide with the highest rates of teenage pregnancy.
To support these goals, Ms. Butler is in favor of including comprehensive sex education in schools to empower students with the information they need to avoid sexually transmitted infections and unintended pregnancies — the latter of which will help reduce dropout rates among teenage girls.
Parenting classes and family support, teenage pregnancy, employee rights when on leave, register a birth.
Prenatal Support Groups are offered to provide pregnant teenage mothers an opportunity to learn more about pregnancy and to meet other teenage mothers.