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Description for Teenage Pregnancy
Paperback. Focusing on the period since the late-1990's, this work examines who is likely to have a baby as a teenager, the consequences of early motherhood and how teenage pregnancy is dealt with in the media. It is suitable for students in sociology, social policy, health studies and public health. Series: Health & Society S. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPR; JFF; JFSP2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 12. Weight in Grams: 304.
In the last decades of the 20th century, successive British governments have regarded adolescent pregnancy and childbearing as a significant public health and social problem. Youthful pregnancy was once tackled by attacking young, single mothers but New Labour, through its Teenage Pregnancy Strategy, linked early pregnancy to social exclusion rather than personal morality and aimed, instead, to reduce teenage pregnancy and increase young mothers' participation in education and employment. However, the problematisation of early pregnancy has been contested, and it has been suggested that teenage mothers have been made scapegoats for wider, often unsettling, social and demographic changes. The re-evaluation ... Read more
In the last decades of the 20th century, successive British governments have regarded adolescent pregnancy and childbearing as a significant public health and social problem. Youthful pregnancy was once tackled by attacking young, single mothers but New Labour, through its Teenage Pregnancy Strategy, linked early pregnancy to social exclusion rather than personal morality and aimed, instead, to reduce teenage pregnancy and increase young mothers' participation in education and employment. However, the problematisation of early pregnancy has been contested, and it has been suggested that teenage mothers have been made scapegoats for wider, often unsettling, social and demographic changes. The re-evaluation ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Series
Health & Society S.
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Bristol, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847420749
SKU
V9781847420749
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Lisa Arai
Lisa Arai is a lecturer in the Faculty of Health and Social Care at the Open University. Her research interests are in the health and well-being of children and young people, and she worked for many years in a child public health research unit.
Reviews for Teenage Pregnancy
"This book exposes an unhealthy relationship between the media and policy making leading to the distortion of research evidence. Lucid, analytic and controversial, it is a must-read for policy makers in the present and of the future." Professor Rachel Thomson, Faculty of Health and Social Care, The Open University