Girls Screened for Risk of Pregnancy ; Council Pioneers Scheme to Prevent Teen Mums

Sentinel, The; Stoke-on-Trent (UK) › November 18, 2009

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COUNCIL officials are fighting Stoke-on-Trent's high teenage pregnancy rate by assessing girls to see if they are in danger of becoming gymslip mums.

Stoke-on-Trent City Council's strategy for dealing with teenage conceptions has undergone "radical" changes after its last initiative failed to reduce numbers.

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Girls Screened for Risk of Pregnancy ; Council Pioneers Scheme to Prevent Teen Mums

Previously, the focus was on supporting young mums, but it now has the country's only "prevention" team ded...

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