Life as a league table bottom dweller: Teenage pregnancy in Lambeth

Abdu Mohiddin; Lucinda Cawley; Yimmy Chow; Ruth Wallis

doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdl069

Life as a league table bottom dweller: Teenage pregnancy in Lambeth

Abdu Mohiddin^*, Lucinda Cawley, Yimmy Chow, Ruth Wallis

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Abstract

In mid-2004, the lead for tackling teenage pregnancy in Lambeth moved from the Council to Public Health in the coterminous Primary Care Trust. Lambeth is a deprived inner-city London borough with a culturally rich and diverse population. The under-18 teenage conception rate had risen by 19% over the 5-year period (1998-2003) following the launch of the National Teenage Pregnancy Strategy. There was considerable pressure from local and national agencies to reduce this high rate (then standing at twice the English average). This article describes how we attempted to do this.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	304-308
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of Public Health
Volume	28
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdl069
Publication status	Published - Dec 2006
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Sexual health
Strategy
Teenage pregnancy

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Life as a league table bottom dweller: Teenage pregnancy in Lambeth

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