IMPACTS OF GOVERNMENT STRATEGIES IN TACKLING TEENAGE PREGNANCY IN ENGLAND

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ABSTRACT
Teenage pregnancy is one of the major problems affecting the United Kingdom’s not only the health sector but also all other sectors. The problem has slowly been increasing and through its associated negative impacts has affected the economic status of the country due to increased number of school drop-outs. Accessibility to health and contraception services has been one of the major causes of teenage pregnancy more in England than any other western European countries. Due to the severity of the associated effects of teenage pregnancies in the country, the government has developing ways to minimize or rather mitigate the increasing rate of teenage pregnancies in England. The paper addresses the extent of how government initiated strategies has impacted on the overall teenage pregnancies problem.

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TABLE OF CONTENT
ABSTRACT 2
DEDICATION (OPTIONAL) 3
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 5
Introduction 5
Background 5
Problem statement 6
Research Question 6
Research Objective 7
Main Objective 7
Specific objectives 7
Research Justification 7
Literature search strategy 7
CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW 9
Introduction 9
Government role in addressing teenage pregnancy 9
Barriers towards teenage pregnancy reduction 10
Bibliography 12
APPENDICES 13
Appendix 1 13

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION
Introduction
Teenage pregnancy is one of the most problematic issues in many states, but the UK remains one of the countries with highest rates of teenage pregnancies in Western Europe. Teenage pregnancy is where young women aged between 13 to 19 years become pregnant. In 2006, England had almost 40,000