Elevated teenage conception risk amongst looked after children; a national audit

Noel Craine, Corinna Midgley, Li‐Ping Zou, Helen Evans, Rhiannon Whitaker, Mathew Lyons

Public Health · 2014 · 32 citations · 6 references

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However to date there has been no systematically recordeddata on pregnancy and outcomes amongst looked after chil-dren. Local authority data from England is available onmotherhood status but does not record pregnancies ending interminations.Unintended and intended teenage conceptions may haveconsiderable impacts on the health and well being of teenageparents and children.

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