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16/02/2005
Teenage pregancy rates continue to fall
Teenage pregnancy rates in Northern Ireland's under-17s have fallen by over 25% during the past four years, it was revealed today.
Figures unveiled at the ‘Teenage Pregnancy – Where are we now?’ conference in Belfast, showed that in the past four years teenage pregnancy rates in the under-17’s have fallen from 222 in 2000 to 155 in 2004.
Commenting on the figures, Dr Miriam McCarthy, Chair of the Teenage Pregnancy and Parenthood Implementation Group said: “I believe this decrease can be attributed to the excellent work of the health, education and voluntary sectors working together in the community to provide advice, services and support, to both young people and their parents.”
Dr McCarthy said today’s conference, which included two keynote speakers from the United States, Professor Michael Resnick and Professor Linda H Bearinger, would provide the opportunity to explore current practice in dealing with teenage pregnancy and to demonstrate the good work which has already taken place.
The DHSSPS Report on Teenage Pregnancy and Parenthood was published in 2000, followed by the issue of the Strategy and Action Plan to reduce teenage pregnancy in 2002.
Rates of teenage pregnancy in Northern Ireland are among the highest in Europe and most often occur in areas of social and economic deprivation.
(MB/SP)
Figures unveiled at the ‘Teenage Pregnancy – Where are we now?’ conference in Belfast, showed that in the past four years teenage pregnancy rates in the under-17’s have fallen from 222 in 2000 to 155 in 2004.
Commenting on the figures, Dr Miriam McCarthy, Chair of the Teenage Pregnancy and Parenthood Implementation Group said: “I believe this decrease can be attributed to the excellent work of the health, education and voluntary sectors working together in the community to provide advice, services and support, to both young people and their parents.”
Dr McCarthy said today’s conference, which included two keynote speakers from the United States, Professor Michael Resnick and Professor Linda H Bearinger, would provide the opportunity to explore current practice in dealing with teenage pregnancy and to demonstrate the good work which has already taken place.
The DHSSPS Report on Teenage Pregnancy and Parenthood was published in 2000, followed by the issue of the Strategy and Action Plan to reduce teenage pregnancy in 2002.
Rates of teenage pregnancy in Northern Ireland are among the highest in Europe and most often occur in areas of social and economic deprivation.
(MB/SP)
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