Reducing Teenage Pregnancies in UK Labor Government

PUBLIC HEALTH
S T U D E N T ’ S N A M E
I N S T I T U T I O N A L
A F F I L I AT I O N
P R O F E S S O R ’ S N A M E
C I T Y
D AT E

INTRODUCTION
• Teenage pregnancy is the pregnancy
in females who are below 20 years
of age (Mezey et al., 2017).
• Reducing teenage pregnancy is a
public health policy to prevent teens
unwanted pregnancies.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION
• In 1999, UK Labor Government
started a 10-year Teenage Pregnancy
Policy for England.
• By 2014 the rate had declined to 22.9
per 1,000 (Hadley, Ingham and
Chandra-Mouli, 2016).

REDUCING TEENAGE
PREGNANCY
• Teenage pregnancy is a public health
problem.
• It is supported by PHE, LGA and
FPA (Hadley, Ingham and Chandra-
Mouli, 2016).

CONTENTIOUS ISSUES
• The race differences in pregnancy
prevention
• Repeat abortion
• The relationship between age and
pregnancy prevention

CONCLUSION
• Teenage pregnancy policy reduces
the limitation of education and career
prospects to teenagers.

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