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Enfield Teenage Pregnancy Strategy

Teenage Pregnancy Strategy does not directly provide customer services, but coordinates the activities of partners who provide services. The details of how to access to some of those key services are provided below.

The Social Exclusion Report on Teenage Pregnancy (1999) stated that Britain had the higest rate of teenage pregnancy in Europe with approximately 90,000 teenagers becoming pregnant every year. Every part of the country is affected, but the situation is worst in the poorest areas. The report highlighted two main goals:
• reducing the rate of teenage conceptions, with the specific aim of halving the rate of conceptions among under 18s by 2010
• getting more teenage parents into education, training or employment, to reduce the risk of long term social exclusion
The Teenage Pregnancy Unit (http://www.dfes.gov.uk/teenagepregnancy) a cross Government unit located within the Department for Education and Skills, was set up to implement the Report.

Enfield Teenage Pregnancy Strategy

Enfield had a high rate of teenage pregnancy and therefore developed a strategy and action plan together with Haringey in 2001. This Strategy was a partnership between Enfield and Haringey Councils and Primary Care Trusts. We are currently reviewing this strategy to update and separate it from Haringey. We are going to publish the updated strategy here soon.

Enfield’s Teenage Pregnancy Strategy is led by a multi agency partnership detailed below. These partners work together with voluntary and community sector organisations to reduce the high rates of teenage pregnancies and to support teenage parents, in line with government targets.

Our Mission

Our mission is to reduce the rate of teenage pregnancy in Enfield. To do this we will ensure that young people of Enfield have the knowledge, skills, aspirations and confidence to make informed choices about their sexual and reproductive health and that appropriate and effective support services are available to each new generation. This includes support for young people who choose to become parents at an early age. We have a range of support services for young parents and their children in Enfield.

We have a programme of Sex and Relationships Education in schools and other youth and community settings and for local young people to have easy access to sexual health, contraception and abortion services.

Our Targets

Although rates in Enfield has declined in 2004, The Government has given us specific targets which are to:
• Reduce the rate of conceptions among under 18 year olds by 45% in Enfield to 25.5 per 1000 by 2010 (baseline 1998)
• Achieve a permanent downward trend in conception rates for under 16 year olds
• Increase the participation of teenage mothers aged 16-19 years in education, training and employment to 60% by 2010, so as to reduce their risk of long term social exclusion

Teenage Conception Rates - Enfield

Under 18-conception rate in Enfield has fallen from 57.5 per 1000 girls aged 15-17 in 2003, to 51.1 in 2004 (a fall of 11%). However, 51.1 conception per 1000 still represents an increase of 10.2 per cent compared to the baseline in 1998 (46.4 per 1000).

Eligibility
There is no eligibility criteria for seeking information on any aspect of Teenage Pregnancy Strategy. However, specific services and projects commissioned by the Teenage Pregnancy Strategy will have their own age and residency requirements that can be obtained from those services directly.

Required Customer Information
None.

Service Level Agreement and Turnaround
None.

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Frequently asked questions

Address:
PO Box 58,
Civic Centre
Silver Street
Enfield,
EN1 3XJ
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Telephone:
020 8379 3512

Fax:
020 8379 3551

Voicemail:

Opening Hours:
Monday to Thursday
09:00 – 5:00
Friday
09:00 – 4:45

Useful Links

Teenage Pregnancy Unit