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The facts about teenage pregnancies / Bill Gillham.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gillham, Bill.
- Series:
- Facts About
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Teenage pregnancy--Great Britain.
- Teenage pregnancy.
- Youth--Sexual behavior--Great Britain.
- Youth.
- Teenage pregnancy--Government policy--Great Britain.
- Sex instruction.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (95 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Teenage pregnancies
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Herndon, VA : Cassell, 1997.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This text presents facts and figures about the incidence of teenage pregnancies throughout Europe together with current research based information on this subject. Bill Gillham looks at the accompanying problems of stress and emotional, financial and quality of life problems which in turn may lead to abuse and neglect of the child. He analyzes these areas and asserts that teenage pregnancies, with effective support and care, need not be such a problem.
- Contents:
- Contents; Series Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1 The Scale of Teenage Pregnancy; 2 Teenage Pregnancy: Context and Consequences; 3 Teenage Sexual Behaviour; 4 Sex Education; 5 Contraception and Abortion; 6 Policy and Practice; References; Appendix A; Appendix B; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 69-75) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786611291273
- 9781281291271
- 1281291277
- 9781847143341
- 1847143342
- OCLC:
- 270933689
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