Preventing negative outcomes
Reducing teenage pregnancy
in Inverclyde
Demonstrate
• Preventative impact of CLD
• Breadth of impact
• Planned approach
• Partnership working
Preventative impact
of
Community Learning and Development
Participation in programmes with sexual health component 9-10 10-
11Activity Agreements 52 53GOALS 32Girl Power 17 24Outreach sexual health 20 64Consequences (S2) 693 721Lifechoices 36 19Sexual health workshops (S3-6) 1024
1550
Breadth
of
Impacts
Teenage mothers are:
• Less likely to finish their education
• More likely to bring their child up alone and in poverty
• 3 times more likely to smoke during their pregnancy
Teenage mothers:
• Are 50% less likely to breastfeed
• Have 3 times the rate of post natal depression of older mothers
• Have a higher risk of poor mental health for 3 years after the birth
Children of teenage mothers are:
• More likely to experience diminished life chances
• Generally at increased risk of poverty in adulthood
• Generally at increased risk of low educational attainment
Children of teenage mothers are:
• Generally at increased risk of poor health
• More likely to have lower rates of economic activity in adult life
• 3 times more likely to become a teenage parent themselves
A planned approach
High level planning
• SOA Delivery Group – Best Start in Life
• Greater Glasgow and Clyde Health Improvement Plan
• Inverclyde Council – CfE Implementation Plan
Operational planning
• Inverclyde CHCP and Inverclyde Council Sexual Health Action Plan
• CLD Youth Work Sub-group planning
• CfE Health and Well-being Implementation Plan (Sexual Health and Relationships Education)
Partnership
Working
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Inverclyde CHCP
Inverclyde Council
• CLD Service
• Schools
• Education Services
Other CLD Partners
CLD Service involvement:
• Delivery of SHRE in schools
• Contributing to CPD for teachers
• Supporting sexual health workers access young people
• Free condom scheme
• Girl Power programmes
• Programmes based around ‘virtual babies’
Aileen McEwan
CLD Worker - Youth