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Reducing teenage pregnancy: Guidance and self assessment tool briefing paper

This new briefing paper has been developed by NHS Health Scotland in order to support the implementation of the Reducing teenage pregnancy: a national guidance and self assessment tool. This briefing paper, along with the original self assessment tool, will be relevant across local partnerships in effectively addressing teenage pregnancy. It has also been produced to ensure recognition that the toolkit has relevance to employability partnerships, housing and homelessness planning, wider community plans and to specify agreed single outcome agreements.

It is an effective guide for planning and in identifying useful areas of focus in order to improve the effectiveness of local action. It encourages local leadership on assessing need, effective targeting populations of concern, monitoring progress in partnership, and harnessing local data and evidence. Local examples of specific action on indicators in the toolkit and progress in Scotland also provide useful illustrations where a local priority has been identified and met.

Reducing teenage pregnancy: Guidance and self-assessment tool

This guidance and self-assessment tool (external link) aims to bring together the range of current evidence and advice on the partnerships, strategies and interventions that need to be in place locally if teenage pregnancy rates are to be reduced and the reduction maintained in the long term.

Resources for teachers: SHARE

The SHARE programme is the result of many years of research and development with teachers, students, health professionals, academics, trainers and parents and is designed to arm all young people in Scotland with the information they need to make informed decisions about their sexual health and relationships. The SHARE resource will undergo a full review in the next financial year and will be reprinted in 2012/13 but in the meantime there has been a print run of the existing resource and hard copies of the Educational resource (including the DVDs) are available to order from nhs.healthscotland-publications@nhs.net

Please note this is not a stand alone resource. It is intended to be used by professionals who have undergone the SHARE training. To find out about training within your local area contact nhs.healthscotland-wish@nhs.net.

Please read NHS Health Scotland's position paper on SHARE. This sets out the different tiers of training for SHARE.

The Sex Factor DVD

In September 2009, the NHS Education for Scotland Young Person’s Public Partnership Forum (PPF), in partnership with NHS Health Scotland, hosted a sexual health education awareness event in Glasgow. This event was hosted for young people from a variety of socioeconomic and geographical backgrounds, in order to raise awareness of services for young people in relation to sexual health and relationships, collect young people’s views and experiences of health services and influence ways in which children and young people have their voices heard.

Relationships, sexual health and parenting are a key feature of the new school curriculum and the work being undertaken by the NES Young People’s PPF compliments education already being delivered. This DVD gives a valuable insight into the challenges/issues identified by the young people themselves.

If you have any problems viewing the film, please email the NES webmaster webmaster@nes.scot.nhs.uk

Resources for parents

• 'Learning Together' is a resource produced by NHS Health Scotland which comprehensively reviews a range of publications and resources that can provide support to parents and carers. To request a copy of the interactive CD please email nhs.healthscotland-wish@nhs.net.
• Talking with your child about relationships and sexual health is a booklet for parents and carers of children between 4 and 9 years of age to support educating children about relationships and sexuality.
• Talking with your teenager about relationships and sexual health is a booklet for parents of teenagers who are 10 to 13 years of age. It may also be useful for parents of older teenagers and other family members if sexual health and relationship issues arise during conversations.
• Learning about relationships and sexual health in school and at home: Information for parents is a booklet which explains the responsibility of schools in providing parents with information about their child's education in relationships and sexual health.