Teenage pregnancy: research
The Teenage Pregnancy Unit has an ongoing programme of research to inform implementation and further development of the strategy at both national and local levels. The key research supports are available to download below, along with a set of briefings from specific research projects focused on young people who are socially marginalised and at highest risk of early pregnancy.
Documents
National
Evaluation of the Teenage Pregnancy Strategy
Final Report Synthesis of an independent evaluation of the strategy published
in 2005.
National
Evaluation of the Teenage Pregnancy Strategy
Final Report Synthesis: Summary (2005)
Sure Start Plus
Sure
Start Plus National Evaluation: Executive Summary
Sure
Start Plus National Evaluation - Final Report (2005)
An independent evaluation of the Sure Start Plus pilot programme aimed at
supporting teenage parents.
Reaching
Out to Pregnant Teenagers and Teenage Parents - Innovative Practice Sure Start
Plus Pilot Programme
Research briefings
Research
Briefing 1: Long-term Consequences of Teenage Births for Parents and
their Children
Research
Briefing 2: Living on the Edge: Sexual Behaviour and Young Parenthood
in Rural and Seaside Areas
Research
briefing 3: The Education of Pregnant Young Women and Young Mothers in
England
Research
briefing 4: Protective and Risk Factors for Early Sexual Activity and
Contraception Use among Black and Minority Ethnic Adolescents in East
London
Research
briefing 5: Exploring the Attitudes and Behaviours of Bangladeshi,
Indian and Jamaican Young People in Relation to Reproductive and Sexual
Health
Briefing
6: An Exploration of the Teenage Parenting Experiences of Black and
Minority Ethnic Young people in England
Briefing
7: Teenage Parenthood and Social Exclusion: A Multi-Method Study
Briefing
8: Consequences of Teenage Parenthood: Pathways which Minimise the
Long-term Negative Impacts of Teenage Childbearing
Click to download further materials relating to teenage
pregnancy.
This page was last updated on 28 October 2008
