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Journal of Public Health Advance Access published online on November 9, 2006
Journal of Public Health, doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdl069
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© The Author 2006, Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Faculty of Public Health. All rights reserved

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Life as a league table bottom dweller: teenage pregnancy in Lambeth

Abdu Mohiddin 1 *, Lucinda Cawley 2, Yimmy Chow 3, and Ruth Wallis 4

1 Consultant in Public Health, Lambeth Primary Care Trust/London Borough of Lambeth, 2nd Floor, 1 Lower Marsh, SE1 7NT, London, UK
2 Teenage Pregnancy Strategy Coordinator, Lambeth Primary Care Trust/London Borough of Lambeth, 2nd Floor, 1 Lower Marsh, SE1 7NT, London, UK
3 Specialist Registrar in Public Health, London Deanery, Lambeth Primary Care Trust/London Borough of Lambeth, 2nd Floor, 1 Lower Marsh, SE1 7NT, London, UK
4 Directorate of Public Health, Lambeth Primary Care Trust/London Borough of Lambeth, 2nd Floor, 1 Lower Marsh, SE1 7NT, London, UK

* To whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abdu Mohiddin, E-mail: abdu.mohiddin{at}lambethpct.nhs.uk


  Abstract

In mid-2004, the lead for tackling teenage pregnancy in Lambeth moved from the Council to Public Health in the coterminous Primary Care Trust. Lambeth is a deprived inner-city London borough with a culturally rich and diverse population. The under-18 teenage conception rate had risen by 19% over the 5-year period (1998-2003) following the launch of the National Teenage Pregnancy Strategy. There was considerable pressure from local and national agencies to reduce this high rate (then standing at twice the English average). This article describes how we attempted to do this.

Keywords: sexual health, strategy, teenage pregnancy.
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