The UK Youth Parliament found that only 55 per cent of young people had been taught about teenage pregnancy at school and recommended that young people should be told about their right to confidentiality at sexual health clinics. They also recommend that there should be better links between schools and genito-urinary medical clinics (YPN, 4-10 July, p4).
When will local authorities wake up to what works in teenage pregnancy prevention? A browse through many teenage pregnancy strategies will show that many interventions with no proven impact are still being commissioned. The effectiveness of contraception provision, teacher-led contraception lessons, peer education and electronic dolls are all relatively inconclusive. It is not surprising that local authorities are failing to meet their teenage pregnancy reduction targets.
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